The Middletown North Lions (Middletown, NJ) basketball nipped the visiting Middletown South Eagles (Middletown, NJ), 72-69 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Lions (11-14) will now prepare for their test against Ewing (Trenton, NJ). The Blue Devils go into the non-league outing with a 15-10 record. In their last outing, Ewing was tipped by Trenton Catholic Academy (Trenton, NJ), 58-56, in a non-league outing.

The Eagles now hold a 11-12 record. They play next when they host Shore Regional for a non-league outing on Thursday, February 15. Middletown South will clash with a Blue Devils squad coming off a 63-61 non-league loss to St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, NJ). The Blue Devils record now stands at 15-8.