In Saturday's non-league outing, the Benton Rangers (Benton, IL) basketball squad beat the visiting Harrisburg Bulldogs (Harrisburg, IL), by a margin of 77-59.

The Rangers (26-3) will now prepare for their outing against Hamilton County (McLeansboro, IL). The Foxes go into the non-league outing with a 16-13 record. In their last outing, Hamilton County was beaten by Carmi-White County (Carmi, IL), 45-26, in a league outing.

The Bulldogs now own a 13-17 record. They play next when they host Herrin for a Southern Illinois River-to-River - Ohio outing on Thursday, February 15. Harrisburg will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 52-36 non-league loss to Mascoutah (Mascoutah, IL). The Tigers record now stands at 20-8.