The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the DePaul Catholic Spartans (Wayne, NJ) and the host Mahwah Thunderbirds (Mahwah, NJ), observed DePaul Catholic's basketball team knock off Mahwah by a score of 68-60.

The Spartans (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Passaic (Passaic, NJ). The Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Passaic was knocked off by Teaneck (Teaneck, NJ), 83-58, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Thunderbirds encounter the Lakeland Regional Lancers (Wanaque, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 21. Mahwah will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record. The Lancers come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 68-34 non-league loss to Ramsey (Ramsey, NJ).