In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Sterling Black Bears (Sterling, KS) basketball squad felled the visiting Trinity Celtics (Hutchinson, KS), by a margin of 68-51.

The Black Bears (8-3) will now prepare for their outing against Lyons (Lyons, KS). The Lions go into the non-league outing with a 4-7 record. In their last outing, Lyons was beaten by Smoky Valley (Lindsborg, KS), 71-33, in a non-league outing.

The Celtics now own a 3-7 record. They play next when they travel to Kingman for a non-league outing on Thursday, January 19. Trinity will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 68-53 non-league loss to Hugoton (Hugoton, KS). The Eagles record now stands at 4-7.