In Thursday's non-league outing, the Elmwood Park Crusaders (Elmwood Park, NJ) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Secaucus Patriots (Secaucus, NJ), by a count of 62-36.

The Crusaders (1-0) will now prepare for their outing against Garfield (Garfield, NJ). The Boilermakers go into the Bergen/Passaic - King outing with a 0-1 record. In their last outing, Garfield was crushed by Lyndhurst (Lyndhurst, NJ), 62-52, in a non-league outing.

The Patriots now hold a 0-1 record. They play next when they host Rutherford for a non-league outing on Saturday, December 17. Secaucus will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 60-56 non-league loss to Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology (Paterson, NJ). The Bulldogs record now stands at 0-1.