The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Arcola Purple Riders (Arcola, IL) and the visiting Central A & M Raiders (Moweaqua, IL), observed Arcola's basketball team edge Central A & M by a score of 33-28.

The Purple Riders (3-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Salt Fork (Sidell, IL). The Storm come into the non-league challenge with a 5-0 record. In their last challenge, Salt Fork edged Rantoul (Rantoul, IL), 65-22, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders encounter the Meridian Hawks (Macon, IL) in a Central Illinois challenge, on Thursday, December 5. Central A & M will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 4-2 record after their 39-36 non-league loss to Illini Central/Greenview (Mason City, IL).