In Thursday's non-league outing, the Carbondale Terriers (Carbondale, IL) basketball squad felled the host Salem Wildcats (Salem, IL), by a margin of 53-45.

The Terriers (7-11) will now prepare for their outing against Christopher (Christopher, IL). The Bearcats go into the non-league outing with a 8-6 record. In their last outing, Christopher thwarted DuQuoin (DuQuoin, IL), 55-51, in a non-league outing.

The Wildcats now own a 8-7 record. They play next when they host Roxana for a Cahokia - Mississippi outing on Thursday, January 4. Salem will clash with a Shells squad coming off a 56-31 non-league loss to Carlyle (Carlyle, IL). The Shells record now stands at 5-8.