The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Payne Tech Lions (Newark, NJ) and the host Newark Collegiate Academy Panthers (Newark, NJ), observed Payne Tech's basketball team overcome Newark Collegiate Academy by a margin of 68-55.

The Lions (10-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Madison (Madison, NJ). The Dodgers come into the non-league challenge with a 11-3 record. In their last challenge, Madison defeated Dover (Dover, NJ), 67-28, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the West Side Roughriders (Newark, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 23. Newark Collegiate Academy will attempt to better on its 11-3 season record. The Roughriders come into the challenge with a 3-7 record after their 50-45 league loss to Newark Central (Newark, NJ).