The Pope County Pirates (Golconda, IL) basketball felled the host Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals (Norris City, IL), 65-52 in Tuesday's league test.

The Pirates (7-9) will now prepare for their test against Century (Ullin, IL). The Centurions go into the non-league test with a 14-6 record. In their last test, Century thwarted Cobden (Cobden, IL), 49-32, in a league test.

The Fighting Cardinals now own a 4-13 record. They play next when they host Carrier Mills-Stonefort for a Greater Egyptian test on Friday, January 12. Norris City-Omaha-Enfield will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 77-62 league loss to Crab Orchard (Marion, IL). The Wildcats record now stands at 2-13.