The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Illinois Lutheran Chargers (Crete, IL) and the visiting Universal Stars (Bridgeview, IL), observed Illinois Lutheran's basketball team edge Universal by a score of 37-31.

The Chargers (1-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Kankakee Trinity Academy (Kankakee, IL). The come into the non-league challenge with a 0-2 record. In their last challenge, Kankakee Trinity Academy was tipped by Westlake Christian Academy (Grayslake, IL), 55-18, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Stars encounter the Julian Jaguars (Chicago, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 18. Universal will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record. The Jaguars come into the challenge with a 11-5 record after their 59-32 non-league loss to Kenwood (Chicago, IL).