The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Cortland Purple Tigers (Cortland, NY) and the visiting Chittenango Bears (Chittenango, NY), observed Cortland's basketball team knock off Chittenango by a score of 59-45.

The Purple Tigers (3-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Westhill (Syracuse, NY). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 4-2 record. In their last challenge, Westhill dropped by Marcellus (Marcellus, NY), 54-44, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bears battle the Tully Black Knights (Tully, NY) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, February 3. Chittenango will attempt to improve on its 1-6 season record.