The Hackettstown Tigers (Hackettstown, NJ) basketball edged the host Whippany Park Wildcats (Whippany, NJ), 46-45 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Tigers now possess a 2-3 record. They play next when they travel to Mountain Lakes for a non-league game on Saturday, December 28. Hackettstown will confront a Lakers team coming off a 31-17 league win over Academy of St. Elizabeth (Convent Station, NJ). The Lakers record now stands at 3-0.

With the loss, Whippany Park falls to 1-5 on the campaign. The Wildcats travel to Roxbury (Succasunna, NJ) to confront the Gaels in a non-league game on Saturday, December 28. The Gaels go into the game with a record of 3-0. Roxbury won 51-19 in their recent non-league game against Princeton Day (Princeton, NJ)