In Wednesday's league outing, the Newark Academy Minutemen (Livingston, NJ) basketball squad edged the visiting Eagle Academy (Newark, NJ), by a margin of 51-48.

The Minutemen (5-5) will now prepare for their outing against Tech (Newark, NJ). The Panthers go into the Super Essex - Freedom outing with a 2-7 record. In their last outing, Tech was tipped by Montclair Kimberley Academy (Montclair, NJ), 38-30, in a league outing.

The now own a 3-6 record. They play next when they travel to Nutley for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 20. Eagle Academy will clash with a Maroon Raiders squad coming off a 51-33 league loss to Science Park (Newark, NJ). The Maroon Raiders record now stands at 4-8.