The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Newton North Tigers (Newtonville, MA) and the host Wellesley Raiders (Wellesley, MA), observed Newton North's basketball team overcome Wellesley by a score of 56-46.

The Tigers (12-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Natick (Natick, MA). The Redhawks come into the non-league challenge with a 3-10 record.

In their next game, the Raiders battle the Brookline Warriors (Brookline, MA) in a Bay State - Carey challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Wellesley will attempt to improve on its 5-9 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 13-4 record after their 73-64 non-league win over Everett (Everett, MA).