The Bloomfield Bengals (Bloomfield, NJ) basketball were winner over the visiting Irvington Blue Knights (Irvington, NJ), 53-44 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Bengals now possess a 8-8 record. They play next when they host Clifton for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 25. Bloomfield will play a Mustangs team coming off a 44-31 league loss to Bergen Tech (Hackensack, NJ). The Mustangs record now stands at 5-9.

With the loss, Irvington falls to 10-5 on the campaign. The Blue knights travel to East Orange Campus (East Orange, NJ) to play the Jaguars in a Super Essex - American bout on Saturday, January 25. The Jaguars go into the bout with a record of 7-7. East Orange Campus won 66-38 in their recent non-league bout against Orange (Orange, NJ)