The Eastland Cougars (Lanark, IL) basketball were winner over the host Chicago Hope Academy (Chicago, IL), 48-38 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Cougars now possess a 3-0 record. They play next when they host Newman Central Catholic for a non-league bout on Tuesday, December 10. Eastland will play a Comets team coming off a 66-63 league loss to Princeton (Princeton, IL). The Comets record now stands at 3-3.

With the loss, Chicago Hope Academy falls to 2-3 on the campaign. The travel to Chicago University (Chicago, IL) to play the Maroons in a non-league bout on Monday, December 9. The Maroons go into the bout with a record of 1-2. Chicago University won 69-60 in their recent league bout against Francis W. Parker (Chicago, IL)