In Friday's league outing, the Somers Spartans (Somers, CT) basketball squad edged the visiting Granby Memorial Bears (Granby, CT), by a count of 53-51.

The Spartans (5-0) will now prepare for their outing against Sports & Medical Sciences Academy (Hartford, CT). The Tigers go into the North Central Connecticut outing with a 5-3 record. In their last outing, Sports & Medical Sciences Academy was tipped by Academy of Science and Innovation (New Britain, CT), 61-60, in a non-league outing.

The Bears now hold a 4-5 record. They play next when they travel to Windsor Locks for a North Central Connecticut outing on Monday, January 15. Granby Memorial will clash with a Raiders squad coming off a 62-39 league win over East Granby (East Granby, CT). The Raiders record now stands at 7-1.