The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Ramapo Raiders (Franklin Lakes, NJ) and the visiting Hackensack Comets (Hackensack, NJ), observed Ramapo's basketball team edge Hackensack by a margin of 50-49.

The Raiders (6-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, NJ). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 8-4 record. In their last challenge, Gill St. Bernard's edged Franklin (Somerset, NJ), 70-37, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Comets battle the DePaul Catholic Spartans (Wayne, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 18. Hackensack will attempt to better on its 3-3 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 70-61 league loss to Paramus Catholic (Paramus, NJ).