In Friday's league outing, the Concord Crimson Tide (Concord, NH) basketball squad edged the host Merrimack Tomahawks (Merrimack, NH), by a count of 55-51.

The Crimson Tide (6-6) will now prepare for their outing against Manchester Memorial (Manchester, NH). The Crusaders go into the Division I outing with a 10-8 record. In their last outing, Manchester Memorial was tipped by Portsmouth (Portsmouth, NH), 64-39, in a league outing.

The Tomahawks now hold a 4-8 record. They play next when they travel to Stark for a non-league outing on Tuesday, February 14. Merrimack will clash with a Generals squad coming off a 51-36 non-league loss to Derryfield (Manchester, NH). The Generals record now stands at 6-7.