The Ottawa Pirates (Ottawa, IL) basketball crushed the visiting Sandwich Indians (Sandwich, IL), 50-28 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Pirates (5-5) will now prepare for their test against Yorkville Christian (Yorkville, IL). The Mustangs go into the non-league test with a 5-10 record. In their last test, Yorkville Christian was trounced by Streator (Streator, IL), 68-51, in a non-league test.

The Indians now own a 3-8 record. They play next when they travel to Newark for a non-league test on Friday, December 29. Sandwich will encounter a Norsemen squad coming off a 61-34 non-league loss to Northridge (Niles, IL). The Norsemen record now stands at 3-9.