In Saturday's non-league outing, the Fredericktown Black Cats (Fredericktown, MO) basketball squad nipped the host Valle Catholic Warriors (Ste. Genevieve, MO), by a margin of 42-38.

The Black Cats (7-11) will now prepare for their outing against Central (Park Hills, MO). The Rebels go into the non-league outing with a 16-3 record. In their last outing, Central was tipped by MICDS (St. Louis, MO), 61-60, in a non-league outing.

The Warriors now own a 7-15 record. They play next when they travel to Bismarck for a non-league outing on Wednesday, February 7. Valle Catholic will clash with a Indians squad coming off a 70-56 non-league loss to Ste. Genevieve (Ste. Genevieve, MO). The Indians record now stands at 6-11.