New Jersey High School Basketball - Columbia thwarts West Essex
February 8, 2022: Maplewood, NJ 07040 The Columbia Cougars (Maplewood, NJ) basketball knocked off the visiting West Essex Knights (North Caldwell, NJ), 55-38 in Tuesday's league test.
The Cougars (9-4) will now prepare for their test against University (Newark, NJ). The Phoenix go into the non-league test with a 7-6 record. In their last test, University went down by West Orange (West Orange, NJ), 45-40, in a league test.
The Knights now own a 2-6 record. They play next when they travel to Nutley for a non-league test on Thursday, February 10. West Essex will encounter a Maroon Raiders squad coming off a 76-30 league loss to Immaculate Conception (Montclair, NJ). The Maroon Raiders record now stands at 8-9.