The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Barnegat Bengals (Barnegat, NJ) and the visiting Pinelands Regional Wildcats (Tuckerton, NJ), observed Barnegat's basketball team overcome Pinelands Regional by a score of 51-36.

The Bengals (11-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Brick Memorial (Brick, NJ). The Mustangs come into the non-league challenge with a 7-10 record.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the Lacey Township Lions (Lanoka Harbor, NJ) in a Shore B - South challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Pinelands Regional will attempt to improve on its 10-5 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 4-12 record after their 59-55 non-league loss to Southern Regional (Manahawkin, NJ).