In Friday's non-league outing, the Iowa City West Trojans (Iowa City, IA) basketball squad felled the host Xavier Saints (Cedar Rapids, IA), by a margin of 61-53.

The Trojans (8-1) will now prepare for their outing against Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines, IA). The Maroons go into the non-league outing with a 5-3 record. In their last outing, Dowling Catholic thwarted Northwest (Waukee, IA), 56-51, in a non-league outing.

The Saints now own a 6-4 record. They play next when they travel to Marion for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 6. Xavier will clash with a Wolves squad coming off a 58-52 league win over Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton, IA). The Wolves record now stands at 5-3.