The Litchfield Purple Panthers routed the visiting Southwestern Piasa Birds basketball team by a final score of 38-16 in Monday's league game.

In their next game, the Purple Panthers face the Carlinville Cavaliers (Carlinville, IL) in a South Central game, on Thursday, February 9. Litchfield will attempt to move on its 10-18 season record. The Cavaliers enter the game with a 13-14 record after their 48-38 league loss to Staunton (Staunton, IL).

With the defeat, Southwestern moves to 4-21 on the year. The Piasa birds host Vandalia (Vandalia, IL) to face the Vandals in a South Central game on Thursday, February 9. The Vandals enter the game with a record of 20-10. Vandalia won 52-37 in their recent non-league game against Roxana (Roxana, IL)