In Thursday's non-league outing, the Seneca Fighting Irish (Seneca, IL) basketball squad felled the visiting Midland Timberwolves (Varna, IL), by a margin of 69-50.

The Fighting Irish (17-7) will now prepare for their outing against Marquette (Ottawa, IL). The Crusaders go into the non-league outing with a 14-6 record. In their last outing, Marquette thwarted Woodland (Streator, IL), 69-52, in a non-league outing.

The Timberwolves now own a 10-13 record. They play next when they host St. Bede for a Tri-County outing on Friday, February 2. Midland will clash with a Bruins squad coming off a 66-32 non-league loss to Seneca (Seneca, IL). The Bruins record now stands at 6-16.