The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Washington Panthers (Washington, IL) and the host Normal West Wildcats (Normal, IL), observed Washington's basketball team knock off Normal West by a score of 64-46.

The Panthers (14-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Taylorville (Taylorville, IL). The Tornadoes come into the non-league challenge with a 6-5 record. In their last challenge, Taylorville was knocked off by Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, IL), 63-60, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Trinity Blazers (River Forest, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Normal West will attempt to improve on its 5-8 season record. The Blazers come into the challenge with a 8-3 record after their 53-28 non-league win over Taft (Chicago, IL).