Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Linden Tigers (Linden, NJ) and the host Hillside Comets (Hillside, NJ), saw Linden's basketball squad hold off Hillside by a tally of 53-50.

With the victory, Linden improves its record to 2-0 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Matawan Regional (Aberdeen, NJ) to play the Huskies in a non-league challenge on Monday, December 19. The Huskies come into the challenge with a record of 0-2. Matawan Regional lost 55-12 in their recent non-league challenge against Barnegat (Barnegat, NJ)

Next up, the Comets play the Abraham Clark Rams (Roselle, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 5. Hillside will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record.