The Bloomfield Bengals basketball team (Bloomfield, NJ), was nudged 42-38 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Irvington Blue Knights (Irvington, NJ)

The Blue Knights now possess a 10-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Immaculate Conception for a Super Essex - American battle on Saturday, January 27. Irvington will confront a Lions team coming off a 77-68 non-league loss to Hudson Catholic (Jersey City, NJ). The Lions record now stands at 10-6.

The Bengals (7-11) will now prepare for their battle against Newark Tech (Newark, NJ). The Terries come into the Super Essex - Liberty battle with a 9-5 record. In their last battle, Newark Tech edged North Star Academy (Newark, NJ), 83-71, in a non-league battle.