The Gillespie Miners (Gillespie, IL) basketball crushed the visiting Mt. Olive Wildcats (Mt. Olive, IL), 50-24 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Miners now possess a 1-2 record. They play next when they host Carrollton for a non-league bout on Friday, December 6. Gillespie will play a Hawks team coming off a 56-40 non-league loss to Southwestern (Piasa, IL). The Hawks record now stands at 1-1.

With the loss, Mt. Olive falls to 1-4 on the campaign. The Wildcats travel to Lincolnwood (Raymond, IL) to play the Lancers in a bout on Friday, December 6. The Lancers go into the bout with a record of 3-2. Lincolnwood won 56-52 in their recent non-league bout against Okaw Valley (Bethany, IL)