In Thursday's non-league outing, the Vincennes Rivet Patriots (Vincennes, IN) basketball squad edged the host Bloomfield Cardinals (Bloomfield, IN), by a count of 42-40.

The Patriots (5-3) will now prepare for their outing against Barr-Reeve (Montgomery, IN). The Vikings go into the Blue Chip outing with a 3-3 record. In their last outing, Barr-Reeve held off Pike Central (Petersburg, IN), 37-10, in a non-league outing.

The Cardinals now hold a 1-7 record. They play next when they host North Central for a Southwestern Indiana outing on Saturday, December 2. Bloomfield will clash with a Thunderbirds squad coming off a 45-40 league loss to Shakamak (Jasonville, IN). The Thunderbirds record now stands at 3-4.