In Thursday's league outing, the Pequannock Golden Panthers (Pompton Plains, NJ) basketball squad edged the host Mountain Lakes Lakers (Mountain Lakes, NJ), by a margin of 65-59.

The Golden Panthers (1-0) will now prepare for their outing against Madison (Madison, NJ). The Dodgers go into the non-league outing with a 0-1 record. In their last outing, Madison was tipped by Morris Catholic (Denville, NJ), 64-46, in a non-league outing.

The Lakers now own a 0-1 record. They play next when they travel to Hanover Park for a non-league outing on Monday, December 19. Mountain Lakes will clash with a Hornets squad coming off a 68-42 non-league win over Roselle Park (Roselle Park, NJ). The Hornets record now stands at 1-0.