The Hall Red Devils (Spring Valley, IL) basketball crushed the host Marquette Crusaders (Ottawa, IL), 61-39 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Red Devils now possess a 6-5 record. They play next when they travel to Reed-Custer for a non-league bout on Friday, December 27. Hall will play a Comets team coming off a 41-37 non-league win over Indian Creek (Shabbona, IL). The Comets record now stands at 3-9.

With the loss, Marquette falls to 4-7 on the campaign. The Crusaders host Earlville (Earlville, IL) to play the Red Raiders in a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. The Red Raiders go into the bout with a record of 2-10. Earlville lost 78-26 in their recent non-league bout against Seneca (Seneca, IL)