Fans at Monday's league challenge between the Herscher Tigers (Herscher, IL) and the host Wilmington Wildcats (Wilmington, IL), observed Herscher's basketball team nudge Wilmington by a final score of 41-37.

In their next game, the Tigers face the Iroquois West Raiders (Gilman, IL) in a non-league game, on Wednesday, December 6. Herscher will attempt to move on its 4-6 season record. The Raiders enter the game with a 2-4 record after their 50-13 league loss to Watseka (Watseka, IL).

With the defeat, Wilmington moves to 5-4 on the year. The Wildcats host Coal City (Coal City, IL) to confront the Coalers in a Illinois Central 8 challenge on Thursday, December 7. The Coalers come into the challenge with a record of 7-1. Coal City won 47-11 in their recent league challenge against Streator (Streator, IL)