In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Malvern Hornets (Malvern, OH) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Minerva Lions (Minerva, OH), by a margin of 56-30.

The Hornets (8-0) will now prepare for their outing against Newcomerstown (Newcomerstown, OH). The Trojans go into the Inter-Valley outing with a 0-10 record. In their last outing, Newcomerstown was trounced by River View (Warsaw, OH), 76-25, in a non-league outing.

The Lions now own a 4-5 record. They play next when they travel to West Branch for a Eastern Buckeye outing on Friday, December 30. Minerva will clash with a Warriors squad coming off a 56-45 non-league loss to Canfield (Canfield, OH). The Warriors record now stands at 3-3.