In Thursday's league test, the Montclair Mounties (Montclair, NJ) basketball squad knocked off the visiting North Star Academy (Newark, NJ), by a score of 67-53.

Next, the Mounties encounter the Piscataway Chiefs (Piscataway, NJ) in a non-league test, on Saturday, January 25. Montclair will attempt to improve on its 8-9 season record. The Chiefs come into the test with a 15-4 record after their 76-72 non-league win over St. Thomas Aquinas (Edison, NJ).

The (4-9) will now prepare for their test against Trenton Central (Trenton, NJ). The Tornadoes come into the non-league test with a 8-8 record. In their last test, Trenton Central beat Princeton (Princeton, NJ), 58-37, in a league test.