The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Peoria Notre Dame Irish (Peoria, IL) and the host Beloit Memorial Purple Knights (Beloit, WI), saw Peoria Notre Dame's basketball team crush Beloit Memorial by a tally of 79-50.

The Irish now possess a 12-3 record. They play next when they travel to Dunlap for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 28. Peoria Notre Dame will play a Eagles team coming off a 59-40 non-league win over Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL). The Eagles record now stands at 11-5.

With the loss, Beloit Memorial falls to 2-6 on the campaign. The Purple knights travel to Orangeville (Orangeville, IL) to play the Broncos in a non-league bout on Saturday, December 28. The Broncos go into the bout with a record of 13-2. Orangeville won 61-49 in their recent non-league bout against Sycamore (Sycamore, IL)