The St. Charles East Fighting Saints (St. Charles, IL) basketball nipped the visiting West Aurora Blackhawks (Aurora, IL), 55-49 in Monday's non-league test.

The Fighting Saints (5-3) will now prepare for their test against Batavia (Batavia, IL). The Bulldogs go into the DuKane test with a 6-2 record. In their last test, Batavia got by Naperville North (Naperville, IL), 55-45, in a non-league test.

The Blackhawks now own a 3-5 record. They play next when they travel to Wheaton-Warrenville South for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 13. West Aurora will encounter a Tigers squad coming off a 70-50 league loss to Geneva (Geneva, IL). The Tigers record now stands at 2-6.