The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Rockford Auburn Knights (Rockford, IL) and the visiting Rock Island Rocks (Rock Island, IL), observed Rockford Auburn's basketball team edge Rock Island by a margin of 72-67.

The Knights (17-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL). The Titans come into the Northern Illinois 10 challenge with a 4-24 record. In their last challenge, Boylan Catholic was tipped by Rockford East (Rockford, IL), 52-32, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rocks battle the Quincy Blue Devils (Quincy, IL) in a Western Big 6 challenge, on Tuesday, February 18. Rock Island will attempt to better on its 25-5 season record. The Blue Devils come into the challenge with a 27-2 record after their 66-49 non-league win over Jacksonville (Jacksonville, IL).