The Elmwood Park Crusaders (Elmwood Park, NJ) basketball knocked off the visiting Hawthorne Bears (Hawthorne, NJ), 53-42 in Tuesday's league test.

The Crusaders (8-3) will now prepare for their test against Manchester Regional (Haledon, NJ). The Falcons go into the Northwest Jersey - Colonial test with a 0-6 record. In their last test, Manchester Regional went down by Rutherford (Rutherford, NJ), 44-7, in a league test.

The Bears now own a 6-4 record. They play next when they host Glen Rock for a Northwest Jersey - Colonial test on Thursday, February 3. Hawthorne will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 35-33 league loss to Rutherford (Rutherford, NJ). The Panthers record now stands at 7-3.