The Newark Wildcats basketball team scored 51 points and held the visiting Lancaster Golden Gales to 42 in the Wildcats league triumph on Friday.

The Wildcats now sport a 3-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Dublin Jerome for a non-league contest on Tuesday, December 5. Newark will battle a Celtics team coming off a 40-36 league win over Hilliard Darby (Hilliard, OH). The Celtics record now stands at 3-0.

The Golden Gales (1-1) will now prepare for their contest against Canal Winchester (Canal Winchester, OH). The Indians enter the non-league contest with a 3-1 record. In their last contest, Canal Winchester was defeated by Warrensville Heights (Warrensville, OH), 55-37, in a non-league contest.