The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Bettendorf Bulldogs (Bettendorf, IA) and the host Rock Island Rocks (Rock Island, IL), observed Bettendorf's basketball team edge Rock Island by a margin of 60-57.

The Bulldogs (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Muscatine (Muscatine, IA). The Muskies come into the Mississippi challenge with a 2-5 record. In their last challenge, Muscatine was tipped by Pleasant Valley (Pleasant Valley, IA), 68-15, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rocks battle the Kankakee Kays (Kankakee, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 26. Rock Island will attempt to better on its 6-7 season record. The Kays come into the challenge with a 9-4 record after their 65-44 non-league loss to Marion (Marion, AR).