The Bel Air Bobcats (Bel Air, MD) basketball crushed the visiting Joppatowne Mariners (Joppa, MD), 58-35 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Bobcats (5-2) will now prepare for their test against Perryville (Perryville, MD). The Panthers go into the non-league test with a 3-5 record. In their last test, Perryville walloped Bohemia Manor (Chesapeake City, MD), 80-35, in a league test.

The Mariners now own a 2-5 record. They play next when they host North Harford for a Upper Chesapeake Bay - Susquehanna test on Monday, January 8. Joppatowne will encounter a Hawks squad coming off a 40-37 non-league win over C. Milton Wright (Bel Air, MD). The Hawks record now stands at 4-4.