The River Hill Hawks (Clarksville, MD) basketball knocked off the host Hammond Golden Bears (Columbia, MD), 70-62 in Wednesday's league test.

The Hawks (13-1) will now prepare for their test against Reservoir (Fulton, MD). The 'Gators go into the Howard County test with a 1-11 record. In their last test, Reservoir went down by Atholton (Columbia, MD), 67-45, in a league test.

The Golden Bears now own a 4-8 record. They play next when they travel to Franklin for a non-league test on Monday, January 29. Hammond will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 70-40 league loss to Parkville (Baltimore, MD). The Indians record now stands at 15-1.