The Hawthorne Bears basketball team scored 28 points and limited the visiting Ridgefield Memorial Royals to 26 in the Bears non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Bears now have a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology for a non-league game on Thursday, December 19. Hawthorne will confront a Lions team coming off a 54-26 non-league loss to Harrison (Harrison, NJ). The Lions record now stands at 1-1.

With the loss, Ridgefield Memorial falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The Royals host Midland Park (Midland Park, NJ) to confront the Panthers in a non-league game on Thursday, December 19. The Panthers go into the game with a record of 1-0. Midland Park won 43-16 in their recent non-league game against St. Mary (Rutherford, NJ)