The Bloomfield Bengals basketball team scored 49 points and limited the visiting North Star Academy to 40 in the Bengals non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Bengals now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Cedar Grove for a Super Essex - Liberty game on Thursday, December 19. Bloomfield will confront a Panthers team coming off a 27-24 non-league loss to Montclair (Montclair, NJ). The Panthers record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, North Star Academy falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The travel to Verona (Verona, NJ) to confront the Hillbillies in a non-league game on Thursday, December 19. The Hillbillies go into the game with a record of 1-1. Verona lost 47-39 in their recent non-league game against Bernards (Bernardsville, NJ)