In Monday's non-league outing, the Science Hill Hilltoppers (Johnson City, TN) basketball squad edged the host Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones (Elizabethton, TN), by a count of 56-49.

The Hilltoppers (18-9) will now prepare for their outing against Daniel Boone (Gray, TN). The Trailblazers go into the non-league outing with a 7-9 record. In their last outing, Daniel Boone was tipped by Gate City (Gate City, VA), 60-43, in a non-league outing.

The Fighting Cyclones now hold a 6-17 record. They play next when they travel to Johnson County for a non-league outing on Thursday, February 8. Elizabethton will clash with a Longhorns squad coming off a 70-41 non-league loss to West Ridge (Blountville, TN). The Longhorns record now stands at 3-20.