The Murphysboro Red Devils (Murphysboro, IL) basketball crushed the visiting DuQuoin Indians (DuQuoin, IL), 63-28 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Red Devils now possess a 7-1 record. They play next when they travel to Woodlawn for a non-league bout on Friday, December 27. Murphysboro will play a Cardinals team coming off a 63-36 league loss to Waltonville (Waltonville, IL). The Cardinals record now stands at 6-3.

With the loss, DuQuoin falls to 2-6 on the campaign. The Indians host Anna-Jonesboro (Anna, IL) to play the Wildcats in a Southern Illinois River-to-River - Mississippi bout on Friday, January 10. The Wildcats go into the bout with a record of 3-6.