The Glen Ridge Ridgers (Glen Ridge, NJ) basketball felled the host Nutley Maroon Raiders (Nutley, NJ), 54-44 in Thursday's league test.

The Ridgers (11-9) will now prepare for their test against Newark Vocational (Newark, NJ). The Eagles go into the non-league test with a 5-14 record. In their last test, Newark Vocational was beaten by Dickinson (Jersey City, NJ), 80-39, in a non-league test.

The Maroon Raiders now own a 5-13 record. They play next when they travel to Bloomfield for a non-league test on Friday, February 2. Nutley will encounter a Bengals squad coming off a 55-47 non-league loss to Caldwell (West Caldwell, NJ). The Bengals record now stands at 7-13.