The Academy of the Holy Angels Angels (Demarest, NJ) basketball nipped the visiting Pascack Valley Panthers (Hillsdale, NJ), 38-33 in Friday's non-league test.

The Angels (4-3) will now prepare for their test against Paramus Catholic (Paramus, NJ). The Paladins go into the Big North - United test with a 2-5 record. In their last test, Paramus Catholic was tipped by Westwood (Washington Township, NJ), 55-38, in a non-league test.

The Panthers now own a 5-3 record. They play next when they travel to Bergenfield for a Big North - National test on Tuesday, January 3. Pascack Valley will encounter a Bears squad coming off a 33-30 non-league loss to Cliffside Park (Cliffside Park, NJ). The Bears record now stands at 3-3.