The Pleasant Plains Cardinals (Pleasant Plains, IL) basketball crushed the visiting Maroa-Forsyth Trojans (Maroa, IL), 62-29 in Thursday's league bout.

The Cardinals now possess a 21-5 record. They play next when they travel to Civic Memorial for a non-league bout on Saturday, February 8. Pleasant Plains will play a Eagles team coming off a 61-24 league win over Mascoutah (Mascoutah, IL). The Eagles record now stands at 20-6.

With the loss, Maroa-Forsyth falls to 21-5 on the campaign. The Trojans host Auburn (Auburn, IL) to play the Trojans in a Sangamo bout on Monday, February 10. The Trojans go into the bout with a record of 15-13. Auburn lost 62-27 in their recent non-league bout against Springfield (Springfield, IL)