In Tuesday's league outing, the Lutheran Crusaders (Rockford, IL) basketball squad beat the visiting Rockford Christian Royal Lions (Rockford, IL), by a margin of 69-59.

The Crusaders (21-9) will now prepare for their outing against Normal University (Normal, IL). The Pioneers go into the non-league outing with a 22-8 record. In their last outing, Normal University was beaten by Springfield Southeast (Springfield, IL), 55-53, in a league outing.

The Royal Lions now own a 27-2 record. They play next when they host Stillman Valley for a Big Northern outing on Thursday, February 16. Rockford Christian will clash with a Cardinals squad coming off a 66-43 league win over Genoa-Kingston (Genoa, IL). The Cardinals record now stands at 18-10.