The West Milford Highlanders (West Milford, NJ) basketball knocked off the host Hawthorne Christian Defenders (Hawthorne, NJ), 47-37 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Highlanders (3-8) will now prepare for their test against Lakeland Regional (Wanaque, NJ). The Lancers go into the Big North - Independence test with a 1-7 record. In their last test, Lakeland Regional went down by Wayne Valley (Wayne, NJ), 80-34, in a league test.

The Defenders now own a 2-7 record. They play next when they host Pompton Lakes for a non-league test on Monday, January 8. Hawthorne Christian will encounter a Cardinals squad coming off a 66-61 non-league win over Kinnelon (Kinnelon, NJ). The Cardinals record now stands at 8-1.