The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Manual Rams (Peoria, IL) and the visiting Richwoods Knights (Peoria, IL), observed Manual's basketball team overcome Richwoods by a margin of 52-40.

The Rams (10-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Bloomington (Bloomington, IL). The Purple Raiders come into the Big Twelve challenge with a 1-13 record. In their last challenge, Bloomington dropped by MacArthur (Decatur, IL), 71-32, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights battle the Limestone Rockets (Bartonville, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 10. Richwoods will attempt to better on its 7-7 season record. The Rockets come into the challenge with a 6-9 record after their 77-44 league loss to Metamora (Metamora, IL).