The Platte County Pirates (Platte City, MO) basketball felled the visiting Oak Park Northmen (Kansas City, MO), 45-36 in Monday's non-league test.

The Pirates (2-0) will now prepare for their test against Lafayette (St. Joseph, MO). The Fighting Irish go into the non-league test with a 0-1 record. In their last test, Lafayette went down by Raymore-Peculiar (Peculiar, MO), 54-49, in a non-league test.

The Northmen now own a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to Central for a non-league test on Wednesday, November 29. Oak Park will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 49-19 non-league loss to Grandview (Grandview, MO). The Indians record now stands at 0-1.