The Lafayette Patriots (Brooklyn, NY) basketball nipped the host Roosevelt Cougars (Brooklyn, NY), 51-45 in Wednesday's league test.

The Patriots (3-2) will now prepare for their test against Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn, NY). The Tigers go into the PSAL AAA Brooklyn I test with a 2-2 record. In their last test, Fort Hamilton was tipped by Grady (Brooklyn, NY), 73-60, in a league test.

The Cougars now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Telecommunication Arts Tech for a non-league test on Monday, December 18. Roosevelt will encounter a Yellowjackets squad coming off a 81-57 league loss to New Utrecht (Brooklyn, NY). The Yellowjackets record now stands at 1-3.