The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Litchfield Purple Panthers (Litchfield, IL) and the host Carlinville Cavaliers (Carlinville, IL), observed Litchfield's basketball team edge Carlinville by a score of 44-43.

The Purple Panthers (13-17) will now prepare for their challenge against Gillespie (Gillespie, IL). The Miners come into the South Central challenge with a 5-21 record. In their last challenge, Gillespie was tipped by Southwestern (Piasa, IL), 55-41, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cavaliers encounter the Greenville Comets (Greenville, IL) in a South Central challenge, on Friday, February 21. Carlinville will attempt to improve on its 13-17 season record. The Comets come into the challenge with a 18-11 record after their 51-20 league loss to Staunton (Staunton, IL).