The Valley Christian Eagles (Youngstown, OH) basketball nipped the visiting Lowellville Rockets (Lowellville, OH), 47-43 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Eagles (4-3) will now prepare for their test against Southern (Salineville, OH). The Indians go into the Eastern Ohio test with a 1-7 record. In their last test, Southern was tipped by Edison (Richmond, OH), 71-45, in a non-league test.

The Rockets now own a 2-5 record. They play next when they travel to Mineral Ridge for a Mahoning Valley - Scarlet test on Friday, January 5. Lowellville will encounter a Rams squad coming off a 61-15 non-league loss to Columbiana (Columbiana, OH). The Rams record now stands at 3-5.