The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the West Essex Knights (North Caldwell, NJ) and the visiting University Phoenix (Newark, NJ), observed West Essex's basketball team knock off University by a score of 71-56.

The Knights (5-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Science Park (Newark, NJ). The Chargers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-10 record. In their last challenge, Science Park prevailed over Belleville (Belleville, NJ), 54-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Phoenix encounter the Livingston Lancers (Livingston, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. University will attempt to improve on its 0-9 season record.