In Saturday's non-league outing, the Smithfield Sentinels (Esmond, RI) basketball squad beat the visiting Portsmouth Patriots (Portsmouth, RI), by a count of 52-41.

The Sentinels (4-6) will now prepare for their outing against Central (Providence, RI). The Knights go into the non-league outing with a 7-4 record. In their last outing, Central was topped by Westerly (Westerly, RI), 61-51, in a non-league outing.

The Patriots now hold a 9-5 record. They play next when they host Classical for a non-league outing on Monday, February 5. Portsmouth will clash with a Purples squad coming off a 54-49 non-league loss to Smithfield (Esmond, RI). The Purples record now stands at 2-9.