The Nutley Maroon Raiders basketball team (Nutley, NJ), was nudged 43-37 in Saturday's non-league battle with the host Newark Academy Minutemen (Livingston, NJ)

The Minutemen now possess a 12-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Millburn for a Super Essex - Colonial battle on Tuesday, February 8. Newark Academy will confront a Millers team coming off a 96-44 non-league loss to East Orange Campus (East Orange, NJ). The Millers record now stands at 4-7.

The Maroon Raiders (7-8) will now prepare for their battle against Immaculate Conception (Montclair, NJ). The Lions come into the Super Essex - Liberty battle with a 6-3 record. In their last battle, Immaculate Conception edged Livingston (Livingston, NJ), 75-21, in a non-league battle.