In Thursday's league outing, the Arts Jaguars (Newark, NJ) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting West Side Roughriders (Newark, NJ), by a margin of 72-35.

The Jaguars (6-1) will now prepare for their outing against Science Park (Newark, NJ). The Chargers go into the non-league outing with a 5-2 record. In their last outing, Science Park smashed Shabazz (Newark, NJ), 41-33, in a non-league outing.

The Roughriders now own a 2-3 record. They play next when they travel to Seton Hall Prep for a Super Essex - American outing on Thursday, January 4. West Side will encounter a Pirates squad coming off a 48-30 non-league win over Clifton (Clifton, NJ). The Pirates record now stands at 2-4.