The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the West Side Roughriders (Newark, NJ) and the host Newark Central Blue Devils (Newark, NJ), witnessed West Side's basketball squad prevail over Newark Central by a count of 64-54.

With the victory, West Side advances its record to 1-1 on the year. The Roughriders host Dwight Morrow (Englewood, NJ) to battle the Maroon Raiders in a non-league challenge on Sunday, December 21. The Maroon Raiders come into the challenge with a record of 0-2. Dwight Morrow lost 65-51 in their recent non-league challenge against Tenafly (Tenafly, NJ)

In their next game, the Blue Devils battle the East Orange Campus Jaguars (East Orange, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 20. Newark Central will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record. The Jaguars come into the challenge with a 1-2 record after their 78-73 league loss to Arts (Newark, NJ).