In Friday's league outing, the Coventry Patriots (Coventry, CT) basketball squad felled the host Ellington Knights (Ellington, CT), by a margin of 53-44.

The Patriots (6-4) will now prepare for their outing against East Granby (East Granby, CT). The Crusaders go into the North Central Connecticut outing with a 2-7 record. In their last outing, East Granby thwarted East Windsor (East Windsor, CT), 52-45, in a league outing.

The Knights now own a 8-1 record. They play next when they travel to Windsor Locks for a North Central Connecticut outing on Tuesday, January 17. Ellington will clash with a Raiders squad coming off a 69-46 non-league win over Thomaston (Thomaston, CT). The Raiders record now stands at 6-0.