The Freedom Patriots basketball team (Bethlehem, PA), dropped 59-48 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders (Easton, PA)

The Crusaders now sport a 2-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Northern Lehigh for a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 5. Notre Dame-Green Pond will battle a Bulldogs team coming off a 50-49 non-league win over Hamburg (Hamburg, PA). The Bulldogs record now stands at 1-0.

The Patriots (0-3) will now prepare for their battle against Nazareth Area (Nazareth, PA). The Blue Eagles come into the Lehigh Valley battle with a 0-0 record.