The Charleston Trojans (Charleston, IL) basketball edged the visiting Mattoon Greenwave (Mattoon, IL), 29-28 in Saturday's league bout.

The Trojans now possess a 5-19 record. They play next when they host Effingham for a Apollo bout on Tuesday, February 4. Charleston will play a Hearts team coming off a 68-61 league loss to Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, IL). The Hearts record now stands at 20-7.

With the loss, Mattoon falls to 6-19 on the campaign. The Greenwave travel to Richland County (Olney, IL) to play the Tigers in a non-league bout on Monday, February 3. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 13-11. Richland County won 60-53 in their recent non-league bout against Edwards County (Albion, IL)