The NorthWood Panthers (Nappanee, IN) basketball crushed the host Elkhart Lions (Elkhart, IN), 55-20 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Panthers now possess a 19-4 record. They play next when they travel to Columbia City for a non-league bout on Tuesday, March 4. NorthWood will play a Eagles team coming off a 63-48 non-league win over Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran (Fort Wayne, IN). The Eagles record now stands at 14-9.

With the loss, Elkhart falls to 4-18 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Northridge (Middlebury, IN) to play the Raiders in a non-league bout on Friday, March 7. The Raiders go into the bout with a record of 20-3. Northridge won 52-31 in their recent non-league bout against DeKalb (Waterloo, IN)