In Monday's non-league outing, the Belvidere Bucs (Belvidere, IL) basketball squad edged the host Richmond-Burton Rockets (Richmond, IL), by a count of 45-41.

The Bucs (1-3) will now prepare for their outing against Rockford East (Rockford, IL). The E-Rabs go into the Northern Illinois 10 outing with a 2-3 record. In their last outing, Rockford East was tipped by East St. Louis (East St. Louis, IL), 65-64, in a non-league outing.

The Rockets now hold a 0-1 record. They play next when they travel to Williams Bay for a non-league outing on Tuesday, November 29. Richmond-Burton will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 59-38 non-league loss to The Prairie School (Racine, WI). The Bulldogs record now stands at 0-1.