In Thursday's league outing, the Union City Soaring Eagles (Union City, NJ) basketball squad nipped the visiting Bayonne Bees (Bayonne, NJ), by a margin of 59-54.

The Soaring Eagles (12-6) will now prepare for their outing against Lincoln (Jersey City, NJ). The Lions go into the Hudson County - American outing with a 5-11 record. In their last outing, Lincoln was tipped by St. Dominic Academy (Jersey City, NJ), 44-37, in a league outing.

The Bees now own a 13-2 record. They play next when they travel to West Orange for a non-league outing on Friday, January 26. Bayonne will clash with a Mountaineers squad coming off a 59-37 non-league win over Hudson Catholic (Jersey City, NJ). The Mountaineers record now stands at 12-5.