The Palmetto Ridge Bears (Naples, FL) basketball nipped the visiting Lehigh Lightning (Lehigh Acres, FL), 56-55 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Bears (13-5) will now prepare for their test against East Lee County (Lehigh Acres, FL). The Jaguars go into the non-league test with a 3-5 record. In their last test, East Lee County was tipped by First Baptist Academy (Naples, FL), 10-0, in a non-league test.

The Lightning now own a 2-1 record. They play next when they travel to South Fort Myers for a non-league test on Friday, February 2. Lehigh will encounter a Wolfpack squad coming off a 51-49 non-league win over Southwest Florida Christian (Fort Myers, FL). The Wolfpack record now stands at 7-8.