The Marion Wildcats (Marion, IL) basketball knocked off the visiting Newton Eagles (Newton, IL), 68-59 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Wildcats (13-7) will now prepare for their test against Cairo (Cairo, IL). The Pilots go into the non-league test with a 5-9 record. In their last test, Cairo notched a victory over Elverado (Elkville, IL), 65-49, in a non-league test.

The Eagles now own a 12-6 record. They play next when they host Effingham for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 9. Newton will encounter a Flaming Hearts squad coming off a 57-40 non-league loss to Robinson (Robinson, IL). The Flaming Hearts record now stands at 2-16.