The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Bernards Mountaineers (Bernardsville, NJ) and the visiting Bound Brook Crusaders (Bound Brook, NJ), observed Bernards's basketball team edge Bound Brook by a margin of 57-56.

The Mountaineers (4-3) will now prepare for their challenge against North Hunterdon (Annandale, NJ). The Lions come into the Skyland - Valley challenge with a 3-6 record. In their last challenge, North Hunterdon was tipped by Delaware Valley (Frenchtown, NJ), 49-47, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Crusaders battle the Somerville Pioneers (Somerville, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Bound Brook will attempt to better on its 4-3 season record. The Pioneers come into the challenge with a 6-2 record after their 50-38 non-league loss to Bridgewater-Raritan (Bridgewater, NJ).