The Peoria Notre Dame Irish (Peoria, IL) basketball crushed the visiting Paris Tigers (Paris, IL), 71-47 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Irish (24-4) will now prepare for their test against Richwoods (Peoria, IL). The Knights go into the Big Twelve test with a 18-9 record. In their last test, Richwoods was trounced by Washington (Washington, IL), 61-33, in a non-league test.

The Tigers now own a 15-11 record. They play next when they host Robinson for a Little Illini test on Wednesday, January 31. Paris will encounter a Maroons squad coming off a 54-36 non-league win over Dieterich (Dieterich, IL). The Maroons record now stands at 21-4.