The Kittatinny Regional Cougars basketball team (Newton, NJ), was nudged 42-39 in Wednesday's league battle with the visiting North Warren Regional Patriots (Blairstown, NJ)

The Patriots now possess a 3-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Morris County Tech for a Northwest Jersey - Colonial battle on Friday, January 6. North Warren Regional will battle a Devils team coming off a 69-28 league loss to Vernon (Vernon, NJ). The Devils record now stands at 2-5.

The Cougars (2-3) will now prepare for their battle against High Point (Sussex, NJ). The Wildcats come into the non-league battle with a 3-5 record. In their last battle, High Point was nudged by Sussex County Tech (Sparta, NJ), 49-39, in a non-league battle.