The Taylorville Tornadoes (Taylorville, IL) basketball nipped the visiting Rantoul Eagles (Rantoul, IL), 60-54 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Tornadoes (1-14) will now prepare for their test against Rochester (Rochester, IL). The Rockets go into the non-league test with a 6-6 record. In their last test, Rochester was tipped by Sterling (Sterling, IL), 70-59, in a non-league test.

The Eagles now own a 5-9 record. They play next when they travel to Galesburg for a non-league test on Thursday, December 29. Rantoul will encounter a Silver Streaks squad coming off a 66-49 non-league win over Taylorville (Taylorville, IL). The Silver Streaks record now stands at 4-11.