Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Peoria Lions (Peoria, IL) and the visiting Manual Rams (Peoria, IL), saw Peoria's basketball squad hold off Manual by a tally of 38-34.

With the victory, Peoria improves its record to 19-3 on the campaign. The Lions host Urbana (Urbana, IL) to confront the Tigers in a Big Twelve challenge on Saturday, February 3. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 1-17. Urbana lost 68-31 in their recent league challenge against Champaign Central (Champaign, IL)

Coming up next, the Rams battle the Centennial Chargers (Champaign, IL) in a Big Twelve contest, on Saturday, February 3. Manual will attempt to better on its 7-18 season record. The Chargers come into the contest with a 2-17 record after their 50-19 league loss to Normal Community (Normal, IL).