The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Benton Rangers (Benton, IL) and the host DuQuoin Indians (DuQuoin, IL), observed Benton's basketball team overcome DuQuoin by a margin of 57-44.

The Rangers (7-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Hillsboro (Hillsboro, IL). The Hiltoppers come into the non-league challenge with a 2-4 record. In their last challenge, Hillsboro dropped by Lincolnwood (Raymond, IL), 56-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians battle the Pinckneyville Panthers (Pinckneyville, IL) in a Southern Illinois River-to-River - Mississippi challenge, on Friday, December 20. DuQuoin will attempt to better on its 1-4 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 6-1 record after their 62-52 non-league win over Mater Dei (Breese, IL).