In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Columbia Cougars (Maplewood, NJ) basketball squad nipped the host North Star Academy (Newark, NJ), by a margin of 54-47.

The Cougars (10-10) will now prepare for their outing against Irvington (Irvington, NJ). The Blue Knights go into the Super Essex - American outing with a 13-7 record. In their last outing, Irvington was tipped by Payne Tech (Newark, NJ), 58-46, in a non-league outing.

The now own a 6-13 record. They play next when they travel to Caldwell for a non-league outing on Thursday, February 8. North Star Academy will encounter a Chiefs squad coming off a 74-66 non-league loss to Newark Tech (Newark, NJ). The Chiefs record now stands at 10-10.