The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Metamora Redbirds (Metamora, IL) and the host Morton Potters (Morton, IL), observed Metamora's basketball team edge Morton by a margin of 52-46.

The Redbirds (7-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Normal University (Normal, IL). The Pioneers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-2 record. In their last challenge, Normal University edged Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains, IL), 63-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Potters battle the Pekin Dragons (Pekin, IL) in a Mid-Illini challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Morton will attempt to better on its 2-5 season record.