The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Rock Island Rocks (Rock Island, IL) and the visiting Lutheran Crusaders (Rockford, IL), observed Rock Island's basketball team edge Lutheran by a score of 54-48.

The Rocks (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Normal West (Normal, IL). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 1-4 record. In their last challenge, Normal West was tipped by Bloomington (Bloomington, IL), 37-36, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Crusaders encounter the St. Edward Green Wave (Elgin, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 5. Lutheran will attempt to improve on its 4-2 season record.