The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Cumberland Pirates (Toledo, IL) and the visiting Hillsboro Hiltoppers (Hillsboro, IL), observed Cumberland's basketball team edge Hillsboro by a score of 42-40.

The Pirates (4-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Flora (Flora, IL). The Wolves come into the non-league challenge with a 3-6 record. In their last challenge, Flora edged Eldorado (Eldorado, IL), 48-26, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Hiltoppers encounter the Gillespie Miners (Gillespie, IL) in a South Central challenge, on Friday, December 20. Hillsboro will attempt to improve on its 5-6 season record. The Miners come into the challenge with a 1-7 record after their 70-56 non-league loss to Lincolnwood (Raymond, IL).