The Oak Forest Bengals basketball squad (Oak Forest, IL), was nudged 42-40 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Crete-Monee Warriors (Crete, IL)

With the victory, Crete-Monee advances its record to 5-7 on the year. The Warriors travel to Rich Township (Olympia Fields, IL) to meet the Raptors in a Southland battle on Monday, January 6. The Raptors enter the battle with a record of 12-5. Rich Township won 48-23 in their recent non-league battle against Perspectives-IIT/Joslin (Chicago, IL)

The Bengals now own a 9-7 record. They put it on the line next when they host Agricultural Science for a non-league battle on Monday, January 6. Oak Forest will meet a Cyclones squad coming off a 31-29 league loss to Christian Fenger Academy (Chicago, IL). The Cyclones record now stands at 4-3.