The Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders (Easton, PA) basketball nipped the visiting Northwestern Lehigh Tigers (New Tripoli, PA), 68-66 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Crusaders (12-2) will now prepare for their test against Bangor (Bangor, PA). The Slaters go into the Colonial - East test with a 9-7 record. In their last test, Bangor got by Moravian Academy (Bethlehem, PA), 71-51, in a league test.

The Tigers now own a 10-4 record. They play next when they travel to Palmerton for a Colonial - West test on Thursday, January 25. Northwestern Lehigh will encounter a Blue Bombers squad coming off a 56-54 league loss to Catasauqua (Catasauqua, PA). The Blue Bombers record now stands at 9-6.