The Southwestern Piasa Birds ran past the visiting Mt. Olive Wildcats basketball team by a final score of 33-21 in Wednesday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Piasa Birds face the Gillespie Miners (Gillespie, IL) in a South Central game, on Saturday, December 9. Southwestern will attempt to move on its 5-4 season record. The Miners enter the game with a 7-3 record after their 56-49 non-league win over Auburn (Auburn, IL).

With the defeat, Mt. Olive moves to 1-3 on the year. The Wildcats travel to South Fork (Kincaid, IL) to face the Ponies in a game on Thursday, December 7. The Ponies enter the game with a record of 9-1. South Fork won 53-24 in their recent league game against New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (New Berlin, IL)