The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Providence-St. Mel Knights (Chicago, IL) and the visiting Hancock Eagles (Chicago, IL), observed Providence-St. Mel's basketball team edge Hancock by a tally of 28-24.

The Knights now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to UIC College Prep for a non-league bout on Wednesday, November 27. Providence-St. Mel will play a Firecats team coming off a 46-35 non-league loss to Chicago Christian (Palos Heights, IL). The Firecats record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Hancock falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Tinley Park (Tinley Park, IL) to play the Titans in a non-league bout on Tuesday, November 26. The Titans go into the bout with a record of 0-0.