The Wheeling Wildcats (Wheeling, IL) basketball nipped the host Schaumburg Saxons (Schaumburg, IL), 45-42 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Wildcats (4-3) will now prepare for their test against Prospect (Mt. Prospect, IL). The Knights go into the Mid-Suburban - East test with a 2-5 record. In their last test, Prospect got by Palatine (Palatine, IL), 49-48, in a non-league test.

The Saxons now own a 3-3 record. They play next when they host Palatine for a Mid-Suburban - West test on Friday, December 9. Schaumburg will encounter a Pirates squad coming off a 49-48 non-league loss to Prospect (Mt. Prospect, IL). The Pirates record now stands at 5-2.