The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Newark Academy Minutemen (Livingston, NJ) and the visiting Shabazz Bulldogs (Newark, NJ), observed Newark Academy's basketball team edge Shabazz by a score of 51-47.

The Minutemen (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Bard (New York, NY). The come into the non-league challenge with a 5-6 record. In their last challenge, Bard edged NEST+m (New York, NY), 54-49, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs encounter the Montclair Kimberley Academy Cougars (Montclair, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Shabazz will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 50-32 non-league loss to West Caldwell Tech (West Caldwell, NJ).