The Cresskill Cougars basketball team (Cresskill, NJ), was nudged 51-48 in Friday's league battle with the visiting Saddle River Day Rebels (Saddle River, NJ)

The Rebels now possess a 2-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Rutgers Prep for a non-league battle on Saturday, January 6. Saddle River Day will battle a Argonauts team coming off a 63-53 league win over Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, NJ). The Argonauts record now stands at 5-3.

The Cougars (5-3) will now prepare for their battle against Emerson (Emerson, NJ). The Cavaliers come into the Northwest Jersey - Patriot B battle with a 2-7 record. In their last battle, Emerson edged Midland Park (Midland Park, NJ), 80-59, in a non-league battle.