The Kewanee Boilermakers (Kewanee, IL) basketball nipped the host Orion Chargers (Orion, IL), 75-74 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Boilermakers (8-4) will now prepare for their test against Mercer County (Aledo, IL). The Golden Eagles go into the non-league test with a 8-5 record. In their last test, Mercer County got by Fulton (Fulton, IL), 57-47, in a non-league test.

The Chargers now own a 8-4 record. They play next when they travel to Lena-Winslow for a non-league test on Friday, December 29. Orion will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 61-41 non-league loss to Beecher (Beecher, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 8-4.