The Newton Cardinals (Newton, IA) basketball crushed the visiting Marshalltown Bobcats (Marshalltown, IA), 68-40 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Cardinals now possess a 3-0 record. They play next when they travel to Indianola for a Little Hawkeye bout on Friday, December 6. Newton will play a Indians team coming off a 72-45 non-league loss to Waukee (Waukee, IA). The Indians record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Marshalltown falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Bobcats host Des Moines East (Des Moines, IA) to play the Scarlets in a non-league bout on Friday, December 6. The Scarlets go into the bout with a record of 0-1. Des Moines East lost 74-46 in their recent non-league bout against Washington (Cedar Rapids, IA)