In Friday's league outing, the Marian Catholic Spartans (Chicago Heights, IL) basketball squad beat the host Carmel Corsairs (Mundelein, IL), by a count of 71-61.

The Spartans (12-7) will now prepare for their outing against St. Patrick (Chicago, IL). The Shamrocks go into the East Suburban Catholic outing with a 15-5 record. In their last outing, St. Patrick defeated Carmel (Mundelein, IL), 50-39, in a league outing.

The Corsairs now hold a 9-13 record. They play next when they travel to St. Patrick for a East Suburban Catholic outing on Saturday, January 20. Carmel will clash with a Shamrocks squad coming off a 77-41 league win over Joliet Catholic (Joliet, IL). The Shamrocks record now stands at 14-5.