In Thursday's non-league outing, the Newton South Lions (Newton, MA) basketball squad edged the visiting Waltham Hawks (Waltham, MA), by a margin of 71-69.

The Lions (5-7) will now prepare for their outing against Wayland (Wayland, MA). The Warriors go into the non-league outing with a 3-11 record. In their last outing, Wayland held off Innovation Academy (Tyngsborough, MA), 64-46, in a non-league outing.

The Hawks now own a 13-3 record. They play next when they host Arlington for a non-league outing on Sunday, February 11. Waltham will clash with a Spy Ponders squad coming off a 69-48 league win over Woburn Memorial (Woburn, MA). The Spy Ponders record now stands at 12-3.