In Thursday's non-league outing, the Routt Catholic Rockets (Jacksonville, IL) basketball squad beat the host Beardstown Tigers (Beardstown, IL), by a count of 57-48.

The Rockets (25-3) will now prepare for their outing against Illinois School for the Deaf (Jacksonville, IL). The Tigers go into the non-league outing with a 4-14 record. In their last outing, Illinois School for the Deaf was topped by Westfair Christian (Jacksonville, IL), 61-32, in a non-league outing.

The Tigers now hold a 14-17 record. They play next when they travel to Auburn for a non-league outing on Saturday, February 18. Beardstown will clash with a Trojans squad coming off a 56-49 league win over Williamsville (Williamsville, IL). The Trojans record now stands at 22-8.