Basketball Recap: West Orange Takes a Loss

After flying high against Barringer last Tuesday, West Orange came back down to earth. The West Orange Mountaineers took a 54-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Glen Ridge Ridgers. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Mountaineers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 58-47 back in December of 2024.

West Orange's defeat dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Glen Ridge, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-4.

West Orange will challenge West Caldwell Tech at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Glen Ridge has already played their next contest (against Verona), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.