In Thursday's non-league outing, the Ellis (Pittsburgh, PA) basketball squad nipped the host Leechburg Blue Devils (Leechburg, PA), by a margin of 31-27.

The (3-8) will now prepare for their outing against Steel Valley (Munhall, PA). The Ironmen go into the WPIAL 2A 3 outing with a 0-10 record. In their last outing, Steel Valley was tipped by Winchester Thurston (Pittsburgh, PA), 61-25, in a league outing.

The Blue Devils now own a 1-8 record. They play next when they travel to St. Joseph for a WPIAL 1A 3 outing on Thursday, January 12. Leechburg will clash with a Spartans squad coming off a 61-18 league win over Jeannette (Jeannette, PA). The Spartans record now stands at 8-2.