The Herrin Tigers (Herrin, IL) basketball crushed the visiting Cairo Pilots (Cairo, IL), 74-30 in Wednesday's non-league test.

The Tigers (19-1) will now prepare for their test against Centralia (Centralia, IL). The Orphans go into the non-league test with a 16-4 record. In their last test, Centralia walloped Cairo (Cairo, IL), 78-25, in a non-league test.

The Pilots now own a 1-17 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Frankfort for a non-league contest on Friday, January 20. Cairo will battle a Redbirds team coming off a 70-44 non-league loss to Herrin (Herrin, IL). The Redbirds record now stands at 3-13.