The Hannibal Pirates (Hannibal, MO) basketball crushed the visiting Hazelwood East Spartans (St. Louis, MO), 68-25 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Pirates now possess a 2-0 record. They play next when they travel to Fulton for a North Central Missouri bout on Tuesday, December 10.

With the loss, Hazelwood East falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The Spartans host Hazelwood Central (Florissant, MO) to play the Hawks in a non-league bout on Wednesday, December 11. The Hawks go into the bout with a record of 0-1. Hazelwood Central lost 59-43 in their recent non-league bout against St. Dominic (O'Fallon, MO)