The West Side Roughriders (Newark, NJ) basketball felled the visiting Marion P. Thomas (Newark, NJ), 71-53 in Monday's non-league test.

The Roughriders (5-9) will now prepare for their test against East Side (Newark, NJ). The Red Raiders go into the Super Essex - American test with a 3-13 record. In their last test, East Side was beaten by East Orange Campus (East Orange, NJ), 53-36, in a league test.

The now own a 4-10 record. They play next when they travel to Global Studies for a Freelance test on Tuesday, January 30. Marion P. Thomas will encounter a squad coming off a 66-26 non-league loss to Carteret (Carteret, NJ). The record now stands at 0-1.