The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Payne Tech Lions (Newark, NJ) and the visiting Hackensack Comets (Hackensack, NJ), observed Payne Tech's basketball team edge Hackensack by a score of 67-61.

The Lions (1-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Immaculate Conception (Montclair, NJ). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, Immaculate Conception edged East Orange Campus (East Orange, NJ), 63-41, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Comets encounter the Bergen Tech Knights (Hackensack, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Hackensack will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record.