The Bishop McNamara Fightin' Irish (Kankakee, IL) basketball were winner over the host Peotone Blue Devils (Peotone, IL), 61-44 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Fightin' Irish now possess a 15-2 record. They play next when they travel to Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family for a non-league bout on Wednesday, January 8. Bishop McNamara will play a team coming off a 87-31 non-league loss to Aurora Christian (Aurora, IL). The record now stands at 1-4.

With the loss, Peotone falls to 4-10 on the campaign. The Blue devils travel to Wilmington (Wilmington, IL) to play the Wildcats in a Illinois Central 8 bout on Friday, January 10. The Wildcats go into the bout with a record of 9-5. Wilmington won 54-46 in their recent non-league bout against Dwight (Dwight, IL)