In Thursday's non-league outing, the Cairo Pilots (Cairo, IL) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Madison Trojans (Madison, IL), by a margin of 59-27.

The Pilots (4-5) will now prepare for their outing against Carterville (Carterville, IL). The Lions go into the non-league outing with a 11-11 record. In their last outing, Carterville was trounced by Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon, IL), 70-55, in a non-league outing.

The Trojans now own a 0-9 record. They play next when they host Effingham for a non-league outing on Monday, January 16. Madison will clash with a Flaming Hearts squad coming off a 46-39 non-league win over Paris (Paris, IL). The Flaming Hearts record now stands at 14-6.