The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Peoria Notre Dame Irish (Peoria, IL) and the host Bloomington Purple Raiders (Bloomington, IL), observed Peoria Notre Dame's basketball team overwhelm Bloomington by a score of 65-29.

The Irish (9-16) will now prepare for their challenge against Centennial (Champaign, IL). The Chargers come into the Big Twelve challenge with a 11-13 record.

In their next game, the Purple Raiders encounter the Lincoln Railsplitters (Lincoln, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, February 10. Bloomington will attempt to improve on its 1-23 season record. The Railsplitters come into the challenge with a 18-8 record after their 43-36 non-league win over Lanphier (Springfield, IL).