The Glen Ridge Ridgers basketball team (Glen Ridge, NJ), was nudged 44-42 in Thursday's league battle with the host Newark Academy Minutemen (Livingston, NJ)

The Minutemen now sport a 2-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to West Caldwell Tech for a non-league battle on Saturday, January 22. Newark Academy will battle a Eagles team coming off a 69-56 non-league loss to Barringer (Newark, NJ). The Eagles record now stands at 1-4.

The Ridgers (9-2) will now prepare for their battle against Watchung Hills Regional (Warren, NJ). The Warriors come into the non-league battle with a 9-2 record. In their last battle, Watchung Hills Regional edged Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, NJ), 82-71, in a league battle.