The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Mercy Marlins (Farmington Hills, MI) and the visiting Howell Highlanders (Howell, MI), saw Mercy's basketball team crush Howell by a tally of 74-47.

The Marlins now possess a 2-0 record. They play next when they travel to Marian for a Catholic Central bout on Friday, December 13. Mercy will play a Mustangs team coming off a 55-42 non-league loss to Brighton (Brighton, MI). The Mustangs record now stands at 1-2.

With the loss, Howell falls to 1-1 on the campaign. The Highlanders host Troy (Troy, MI) to play the Colts in a non-league bout on Monday, December 16. The Colts go into the bout with a record of 0-3. Troy lost 49-45 in their recent non-league bout against Athens (Troy, MI)