The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Padua Academy (Wilmington, DE) and the visiting Our Lady of Mercy Academy Villagers (Newfield, NJ), observed Padua Academy's basketball team edge Our Lady of Mercy Academy by a score of 52-49.

The (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Tatnall (Wilmington, DE). The Hornets go into the non-league bout with a 2-3 record. In their last bout, Tatnall was edged by Caravel (Bear, DE), 62-9, in a non-league bout.

With the loss, Our Lady of Mercy Academy falls to 3-4 on the campaign. The Villagers host Williamstown (Williamstown, NJ) to play the Braves in a non-league bout on Saturday, January 4. The Braves go into the bout with a record of 3-3. Williamstown lost 54-23 in their recent non-league bout against Cherokee (Marlton, NJ)