In Thursday's non-league outing, the Hartford Public Owls (Hartford, CT) basketball squad beat the visiting Edwin O. Smith Panthers (Storrs, CT), by a margin of 66-52.

The Owls (3-3) will now prepare for their outing against Lewis Mills (Burlington, CT). The Spartans go into the non-league outing with a 5-1 record. In their last outing, Lewis Mills defeated Simsbury (Simsbury, CT), 61-53, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Simsbury for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 10. Edwin O. Smith will clash with a Trojans squad coming off a 61-53 non-league loss to Lewis Mills (Burlington, CT). The Trojans record now stands at 4-3.