The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the St. Thomas More Sabers (Champaign, IL) and the host Urbana University Illineks (Urbana, IL), observed St. Thomas More's basketball team knock off Urbana University by a score of 59-40.

The Sabers (1-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Cowden-Herrick (Cowden, IL). The Hornets come into the non-league challenge with a 0-0 record.

In their next game, the Illineks encounter the Heritage Hawks (Broadlands, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 3. Urbana University will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 68-36 non-league loss to Unity Christian (Decatur, IL).