The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Neuqua Valley Wildcats (Naperville, IL) and the host DeKalb Barbs (DeKalb, IL), observed Neuqua Valley's basketball team edge DeKalb by a score of 46-42.

The Wildcats (10-19) will now prepare for their challenge against Naperville North (Naperville, IL). The Huskies come into the DuPage Valley challenge with a 15-14 record. In their last challenge, Naperville North edged Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL), 58-26, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Barbs battle the Metea Valley Mustangs (Aurora, IL) in a DuPage Valley challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. DeKalb will attempt to improve on its 18-10 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 8-20 record after their 44-43 non-league win over Plainfield North (Plainfield, IL).