The New Hope Academy Regional Tigers basketball squad (Landover Hills, MD), was nudged 47-43 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Avalon Black Knights (Wheaton, MD)

With the victory, Avalon advances its record to 2-2 on the year. The Black Knights travel to St. Andrew's Episcopal (Potomac, MD) to meet the Lions in a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 10. The Lions enter the battle with a record of 0-2. St. Andrew's Episcopal lost 56-55 in their recent non-league battle against Episcopal (Alexandria, VA)

The Tigers now own a 2-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to DC International for a non-league battle on Friday, December 6. New Hope Academy Regional will battle a Dragons team coming off a 59-29 non-league loss to Eastern (Washington, DC). The Dragons record now stands at 0-3.