The St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans tipped the visiting Mattoon Greenwave basketball team by a final score of 52-49 in Monday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Spartans face the Bloomington Central Catholic Saints (Bloomington, IL) in a Illini Prairie game, on Friday, January 27. St. Joseph-Ogden will attempt to move on its 10-13 season record. The Saints enter the game with a 17-7 record after their 64-23 league win over Paxton-Buckley-Loda (Paxton, IL).

With the defeat, Mattoon moves to 11-12 on the year. The Greenwave travel to Effingham (Effingham, IL) to face the Flaming Hearts in a Apollo game on Thursday, January 26. The Flaming Hearts enter the game with a record of 16-7. Effingham lost 50-39 in their recent non-league game against Mascoutah (Mascoutah, IL)