The Minerva Lions (Minerva, OH) basketball crushed the host Claymont Mustangs (Uhrichsville, OH), 49-16 in Monday's non-league bout.

The Lions now possess a 2-1 record. They play next when they travel to Marlington for a Eastern Buckeye game on Wednesday, December 4. Minerva will play a Dukes team coming off a 47-32 league loss to Carrollton (Carrollton, OH). The Dukes record now stands at 0-3.

With the loss, Claymont falls to 2-1 on the campaign. The Mustangs travel to Garaway (Sugarcreek, OH) to play the Pirates in a Inter-Valley game on Monday, December 9. The Pirates go into the game with a record of 1-3. Garaway lost 57-10 in their recent non-league game against Strasburg-Franklin (Strasburg, OH)