The Bangor Slaters (Bangor, PA) basketball felled the visiting Southern Lehigh Spartans (Center Valley, PA), 50-40 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Slaters (8-8) will now prepare for their test against Moravian Academy (Bethlehem, PA). The Lions go into the non-league test with a 5-8 record. In their last test, Moravian Academy was beaten by Northwestern Lehigh (New Tripoli, PA), 46-37, in a non-league test.

The Spartans now own a 10-5 record. They play next when they travel to Freedom for a non-league test on Monday, January 23. Southern Lehigh will encounter a Patriots squad coming off a 54-48 non-league loss to East Stroudsburg South (East Stroudsburg, PA). The Patriots record now stands at 11-5.