The Monmouth United Red Storm (Monmouth, IL) basketball nipped the visiting Rockridge Rockets (Taylor Ridge, IL), 31-27 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Red Storm (3-3) will now prepare for their test against Galva (Galva, IL). The Wildcats go into the Lincoln Trail test with a 0-5 record. In their last test, Galva was tipped by Biggsville West Central (Biggsville, IL), 67-32, in a league test.

The Rockets now own a 4-5 record. They play next when they host Riverdale for a Three Rivers - West test on Monday, December 4. Rockridge will encounter a Rams squad coming off a 46-39 league win over Morrison (Morrison, IL). The Rams record now stands at 4-1.