The Blanchester Wildcats (Blanchester, OH) basketball knocked off the host Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Blue Jays (Ripley, OH), 47-27 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Wildcats (1-0) will now prepare for their test against Williamsburg (Williamsburg, OH). The Wildcats go into the Southern Buckeye - National test with a 2-0 record. In their last test, Williamsburg defeated Georgetown (Georgetown, OH), 55-47, in a league outing.

The Blue Jays now hold a 0-2 record. They play next when they travel to Fairfield for a Southern Hills outing on Friday, December 8. Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington will clash with a Lions squad coming off a 60-49 league win over Lynchburg-Clay (Lynchburg, OH). The Lions record now stands at 3-0.