The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Academy for Business & Tech Gators (Melvindale, MI) and the host Novi Christian Academy Warriors (Novi, MI), observed Academy for Business & Tech's basketball team edge Novi Christian Academy by a score of 50-45.

The Gators (5-3) will now prepare for their battle against Ecorse (Ecorse, MI). The Raiders enter the Michigan Metro battle with a 3-4 record. In their last battle, Ecorse was nudged by Arts & Tech (Pontiac, MI), 97-62, in a non-league battle.

The Warriors now own a 3-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Roeper for a non-league battle on Monday, January 6. Novi Christian Academy will meet a Roughriders squad coming off a 59-41 non-league win over Academy for Business & Tech (Melvindale, MI). The Roughriders record now stands at 3-3.