The Hamilton Hornets basketball team (Hamilton, NJ), was nudged 36-29 in Monday's non-league battle with the host Hopewell Valley Central Bulldogs (Pennington, NJ)

The Bulldogs now possess a 6-7 record. They put it on the line next when they host Notre Dame for a non-league battle on Tuesday, January 23. Hopewell Valley Central will confront a Irish team coming off a 53-49 non-league loss to Roselle Catholic (Roselle, NJ). The Irish record now stands at 9-4.

The Hornets (2-11) will now prepare for their battle against Lawrence (Lawrenceville, NJ). The Cardinals come into the non-league battle with a 2-11 record. In their last battle, Lawrence was nudged by Allentown (Allentown, NJ), 55-27, in a non-league battle.