The Westfield Technical Academy Tigers (Westfield, MA) basketball nipped the visiting St. Mary Saints (Westfield, MA), 75-72 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Tigers (5-6) will now prepare for their test against Ludlow (Ludlow, MA). The Lions go into the Tri-County - North test with a 9-3 record. In their last test, Ludlow got by Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion (Hadley, MA), 71-23, in a non-league test.

The Saints now own a 4-4 record. They play next when they host Gateway Regional for a Tri-County - South test on Friday, January 27. St. Mary will encounter a Gators squad coming off a 69-28 non-league loss to Mount Everett Regional (Sheffield, MA). The Gators record now stands at 1-5.