In Saturday's non-league outing, the Holy Cross Crusaders (Waterbury, CT) basketball squad edged the visiting Conard Red Wolves (West Hartford, CT), by a count of 55-53.

The Crusaders (14-3) will now prepare for their outing against Wilby (Waterbury, CT). The Wildcats go into the Naugatuck Valley - Brass outing with a 11-6 record. In their last outing, Wilby was tipped by Kennedy (Waterbury, CT), 79-69, in a league outing.

The Red Wolves now hold a 9-8 record. They play next when they host Bristol Central for a Central Connecticut - West Colonial outing on Tuesday, February 14. Conard will clash with a Rams squad coming off a 57-56 non-league loss to Berlin (Berlin, CT). The Rams record now stands at 5-12.