In Monday's non-league outing, the St. Paul Swordsmen (Santa Fe Springs, CA) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Shadow Hills Knights (Indio, CA), by a count of 77-45.

The Swordsmen (15-5) will now prepare for their outing against St. Anthony (Long Beach, CA). The Saints go into the Del Rey outing with a 8-7 record. In their last outing, St. Anthony smashed St. Francis (La Canada, CA), 50-36, in a non-league outing.

The Knights now hold a 4-12 record. They play next when they travel to La Quinta for a Desert Empire outing on Wednesday, January 4. Shadow Hills will clash with a Blackhawks squad coming off a 76-66 non-league loss to Palo Verde Valley (Blythe, CA). The Blackhawks record now stands at 3-14.