The Xavier Falcons (Middletown, CT) basketball nipped the visiting Hamden Green Dragons (Hamden, CT), 68-67 in Tuesday's league test.

The Falcons (2-0) will now prepare for their test against Notre Dame (West Haven, CT). The Green Knights go into the non-league test with a 2-1 record. In their last test, Notre Dame got by Law (Milford, CT), 81-39, in a non-league test.

The Green Dragons now own a 0-2 record. They play next when they host Amity Regional for a non-league test on Thursday, December 22. Hamden will encounter a Spartans squad coming off a 70-33 non-league loss to Guilford (Guilford, CT). The Spartans record now stands at 0-3.