In Friday's non-league outing, the Lovejoy Wildcats (Lovejoy, IL) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Cairo Pilots (Cairo, IL), by a margin of 80-52.

The Wildcats (18-10) will now prepare for their outing against Dupo (Dupo, IL). The Tigers go into the non-league outing with a 3-17 record. In their last outing, Dupo was trounced by Steeleville (Steeleville, IL), 74-24, in a league outing.

The Pilots now own a 2-26 record. They play next when they travel to Century for a non-league outing on Saturday, February 18. Cairo will clash with a Centurions squad coming off a 57-25 league win over Egyptian (Tamms, IL). The Centurions record now stands at 8-21.