The Park Ridge Owls (Park Ridge, NJ) basketball nipped the host Emerson Cavaliers (Emerson, NJ), 58-52 in Thursday's league test.

The Owls (3-1) will now prepare for their test against Becton (East Rutherford, NJ). The Wildcats go into the non-league test with a 1-3 record. In their last test, Becton got by Wood-Ridge (Wood-Ridge, NJ), 78-60, in a league test.

The Cavaliers now own a 0-4 record. They play next when they host Mahwah for a non-league test on Saturday, December 23. Emerson will encounter a Thunderbirds squad coming off a 45-44 non-league win over Ridgefield Park (Ridgefield Park, NJ). The Thunderbirds record now stands at 3-1.