The Lenape Valley Patriots (Stanhope, NJ) basketball edged the visiting Kittatinny Regional Cougars (Newton, NJ), 53-49 in Sunday's non-league bout.

The Patriots now possess a 2-3 record. They play next when they travel to Hackettstown for a Northwest Jersey - Freedom bout on Friday, January 3. Lenape Valley will play a Tigers team coming off a 57-42 non-league win over Global Studies (Newark, NJ). The Tigers record now stands at 3-2.

With the loss, Kittatinny Regional falls to 1-5 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Wallkill Valley (Hamburg, NJ) to play the Rangers in a non-league bout on Monday, December 30. The Rangers go into the bout with a record of 4-2. Wallkill Valley won 42-40 in their recent non-league bout against Morris Hills (Rockaway, NJ)