Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the East Side Red Raiders (Newark, NJ) and the visiting Piscataway Chiefs (Piscataway, NJ), saw East Side's basketball squad hold off Piscataway by a tally of 98-94.

With the victory, East Side improves its record to 11-8 on the campaign. The Red Raiders travel to Payne Tech (Newark, NJ) to confront the Lions in a non-league challenge on Saturday, January 28. The Lions come into the challenge with a record of 9-7. Payne Tech won 43-40 in their recent non-league challenge against Livingston (Livingston, NJ)

Next up, the Chiefs confront the Robbinsville Ravens (Robbinsville, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 28. Piscataway will attempt to improve on its 7-11 season record. The Ravens come into the challenge with a 13-5 record after their 68-44 league loss to Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington, NJ).