The Middletown Knights (Middletown, MD) basketball knocked off the host Smithsburg Leopards (Smithsburg, MD), 68-59 in Thursday's league test.

The Knights (12-5) will now prepare for their test against Brunswick (Brunswick, MD). The Railroaders go into the Central Maryland test with a 2-15 record. In their last test, Brunswick went down by Clear Spring (Clear Spring, MD), 37-32, in a league test.

The Leopards now own a 11-5 record. They play next when they travel to Clear Spring for a non-league test on Monday, February 5. Smithsburg will encounter a Blazers squad coming off a 37-32 league win over Brunswick (Brunswick, MD). The Blazers record now stands at 6-11.