In Friday's league test, the Kittatinny Regional Cougars (Newton, NJ) basketball squad defeated the visiting Sussex County Tech (Sparta, NJ), by a score of 62-45.

Next, the Cougars clash with the Hopatcong Chiefs (Hopatcong, NJ) in a Northwest Jersey - Colonial test, on Saturday, January 25. Kittatinny Regional will attempt to improve on its 7-11 season record. The Chiefs come into the test with a 9-4 record after their 76-39 non-league win over Thomas Edison Energy Charter (Somerset, NJ).

The (5-11) will now prepare for their test against Lenape Valley (Stanhope, NJ). The Patriots come into the non-league test with a 3-12 record. In their last test, Lenape Valley went down by Jefferson Township (Oak Ridge, NJ), 68-43, in a league test.