The Peoria Notre Dame Irish tipped the visiting Rock Island Rocks basketball team by a final score of 52-51 in Saturday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Irish face the Yorkville Christian Mustangs (Yorkville, IL) in a non-league game, on Saturday, December 9. Peoria Notre Dame will attempt to move on its 1-5 season record.

With the defeat, Rock Island moves to 5-1 on the year. The Rocks travel to Sterling (Sterling, IL) to face the Golden Warriors in a Western Big 6 game on Tuesday, December 5. The Golden Warriors enter the game with a record of 6-0. Sterling won 73-55 in their recent non-league game against Harlem (Machesney Park, IL)