The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Malden Golden Tornados (Malden, MA) and the host Somerville Highlanders (Somerville, MA), observed Malden's basketball team edge Somerville by a score of 28-24.

The Golden Tornados (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Lynn Classical (Lynn, MA). The Rams come into the non-league challenge with a 2-5 record. In their last challenge, Lynn Classical edged Revere (Revere, MA), 62-53, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Highlanders battle the Chelsea Red Devils (Chelsea, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Somerville will attempt to improve on its 1-4 season record. The Red Devils come into the challenge with a 2-4 record after their 50-26 non-league loss to Lynn English (Lynn, MA).