The Gamble Montessori Gators (Cincinnati, OH) basketball nipped the visiting Cincinnati College Prep Academy Lions (Cincinnati, OH), 60-54 in Friday's league test.

The Gators (10-2) will now prepare for their test against Shroder Paideia Academy (Cincinnati, OH). The Jaguars go into the Cincinnati Metro test with a 5-6 record.

The Lions now own a 5-5 record. They play next when they host Riverview East Academy for a Cincinnati Metro test on Tuesday, January 16. Cincinnati College Prep Academy will encounter a Hawks squad coming off a 51-48 non-league loss to Fayetteville-Perry (Fayetteville, OH). The Hawks record now stands at 5-4.