In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Hume Hornets (Hume, MO) basketball squad felled the visiting Wheatland Mules (Wheatland, MO), by a margin of 36-28.

The Hornets (8-2) will now prepare for their outing against Drexel (Drexel, MO). The Bobcats go into the non-league outing with a 2-6 record. In their last outing, Drexel was beaten by Appleton City (Appleton City, MO), 36-18, in a league outing.

The Mules now own a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Weaubleau for a Polk County outing on Thursday, January 4. Wheatland will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 62-29 league win over Hermitage (Hermitage, MO). The Tigers record now stands at 9-3.