The Hamden Hall Country Day Hornets basketball team scored 79 points and limited the host Bancroft Bulldogs to 70 in the Hornets non-league triumph on Friday.

The Hornets now possess a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to Storm King for a non-league game on Saturday, January 11. Hamden Hall Country Day will confront a Cougars team coming off a 54-50 non-league loss to Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology (Paterson, NJ). The Cougars record now stands at 5-4.

With the loss, Bancroft falls to 6-1 on the campaign. The Bulldogs host Concord Academy (Concord, MA) to confront the in a Eastern Independent game on Monday, January 13. The go into the game with a record of 2-0.