In Thursday's league outing, the Kittatinny Regional Cougars (Newton, NJ) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Hopatcong Chiefs (Hopatcong, NJ), by a count of 77-56.

The Cougars (3-7) will now prepare for their outing against Lenape Valley (Stanhope, NJ). The Patriots go into the non-league outing with a 8-6 record. In their last outing, Lenape Valley was crushed by Vernon (Vernon, NJ), 61-36, in a non-league outing.

The Chiefs now hold a 2-9 record. They play next when they travel to Morris County Tech for a Northwest Jersey - Colonial outing on Monday, January 22. Hopatcong will clash with a Devils squad coming off a 59-53 league loss to Kittatinny Regional (Newton, NJ). The Devils record now stands at 2-12.