The Highland Regional Tartans (Blackwood, NJ) basketball nipped the host Timber Creek Regional Chargers (Erial, NJ), 44-38 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Tartans (13-9) will now prepare for their test against Holy Cross (Delran, NJ). The Lancers go into the non-league test with a 11-11 record. In their last test, Holy Cross got by Audubon (Audubon, NJ), 36-23, in a non-league test.

The Chargers now own a 15-9 record. They play next when they travel to Cherry Hill West for a Olympic - National test on Saturday, February 10. Timber Creek Regional will encounter a Lions squad coming off a 40-37 non-league loss to Westampton Tech (Westampton, NJ). The Lions record now stands at 14-6.