The West Liberty Comets (West Liberty, IA) basketball crushed the visiting Columbus Wildcats (Columbus Junction, IA), 63-19 in Wednesday's non-league test.

The Comets (6-11) will now prepare for their test against Durant (Durant, IA). The Wildcats go into the River Valley test with a 0-20 record. In their last test, Durant was trounced by Calamus-Wheatland (Wheatland, IA), 63-42, in a non-league test.

The Wildcats now own a 2-12 record. They put it on the line next when they host Highland for a SEI - North contest on Thursday, February 1. Columbus will meet a Huskies team coming off a 61-30 non-league loss to Keokuk (Keokuk, IA). The Huskies record now stands at 1-16.