The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Central Golden Eagles (Springfield, MA) and the visiting Commerce Red Raiders (Springfield, MA), observed Central's basketball team overwhelm Commerce by a margin of 72-42.

The Golden Eagles (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Putnam Vo-Tech (Springfield, MA). The Beavers come into the non-league challenge with a 0-0 record.

In their next game, the Red Raiders battle the Chicopee Comp Colts (Chicopee, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 17. Commerce will attempt to better on its 0-1 season record. The Colts come into the challenge with a 6-3 record after their 66-42 non-league loss to Minnechaug Regional (Wilbraham, MA).