The Litchfield Purple Panthers (Litchfield, IL) basketball crushed the visiting Mt. Olive Wildcats (Mt. Olive, IL), 68-37 in Wednesday's non-league bout.

The Purple Panthers now possess a 11-15 record. They play next when they host Pana for a South Central bout on Friday, February 7. Litchfield will play a Panthers team coming off a 48-45 non-league loss to Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg (Windsor, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 8-16.

With the loss, Mt. Olive falls to 5-17 on the campaign. The Wildcats travel to Edinburg (Edinburg, IL) to play the Wildcats in a bout on Friday, February 7. The Wildcats go into the bout with a record of 20-3. Edinburg lost 85-66 in their recent league bout against Calvary (Springfield, IL)