In Thursday's non-league outing, the Howell Highlanders (Howell, MI) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Lapeer Lightning (Lapeer, MI), by a margin of 66-37.

The Highlanders (14-7) will now prepare for their outing against Linden (Linden, MI). The Eagles go into the non-league outing with a 5-16 record. In their last outing, Linden was trounced by Powers Catholic (Flint, MI), 78-63, in a non-league outing.

The Lightning now own a 1-20 record. They play next when they travel to Oxford for a non-league outing on Monday, March 6. Lapeer will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 48-37 league win over Berkley (Berkley, MI). The Wildcats record now stands at 14-9.