In Thursday's non-league outing, the Minerva Lions (Minerva, OH) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Salem Quakers (Salem, OH), by a margin of 41-20.

The Lions (5-5) will now prepare for their outing against Marlington (Alliance, OH). The Dukes go into the non-league outing with a 3-4 record. In their last outing, Marlington was trounced by West Branch (Beloit, OH), 56-15, in a non-league outing.

The Quakers now own a 1-8 record. They play next when they travel to Howland for a non-league outing on Wednesday, January 17. Salem will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 49-29 non-league win over Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown, OH). The Tigers record now stands at 10-1.