In Friday's non-league outing, the Webster Groves Statesmen (Webster Groves, MO) basketball squad edged the visiting Hickman Kewpies (Columbia, MO), by a margin of 53-50.

The Statesmen (5-2) will now prepare for their outing against De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis, MO). The Spartans go into the non-league outing with a 6-2 record. In their last outing, De Smet Jesuit held off Vianney (Kirkwood, MO), 63-59, in a non-league outing.

The Kewpies now own a 7-2 record. They play next when they travel to Vianney for a non-league outing on Saturday, December 30. Hickman will clash with a Golden Griffins squad coming off a 63-59 non-league loss to De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis, MO). The Golden Griffins record now stands at 8-1.