The Moline Maroons nipped the visiting Rock Island Rocks basketball squad by a final score of 43-41 in Saturday's league outing.

Next, the Maroons face the Sterling Golden Warriors (Sterling, IL) in a Western Big 6 outing, on Thursday, December 19. Moline will attempt to upgrade on its 6-4 season record. The Golden Warriors enter the outing with a 8-1 record after their 45-19 league win over Geneseo (Geneseo, IL).

The Rocks (6-5) will now prepare for their outing against Galesburg (Galesburg, IL). The Silver Streaks enter the Western Big 6 outing with a 10-1 record. In their last outing, Galesburg got by Geneseo (Geneseo, IL), 76-16, in a league outing.