The Montclair Kimberley Academy Cougars (Montclair, NJ) basketball knocked off the visiting Newark Academy Minutemen (Livingston, NJ), 67-47 in Thursday's league test.

The Cougars (4-3) will now prepare for their test against Golda Och Academy (West Orange, NJ). The go into the Super Essex - Freedom test with a 1-5 record. In their last test, Golda Och Academy went down by Eagle Academy (Newark, NJ), 31-29, in a league test.

The Minutemen now own a 3-3 record. They play next when they host Passaic for a non-league test on Saturday, January 6. Newark Academy will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 51-31 league loss to Eastside (Paterson, NJ). The Indians record now stands at 4-5.