In Friday's league outing, the Somerville Highlanders (Somerville, MA) basketball squad edged the host Salem Witches (Salem, MA), by a margin of 53-49.

The Highlanders (13-3) will now prepare for their outing against Everett (Everett, MA). The Crimson Tide go into the Greater Boston outing with a 10-4 record. In their last outing, Everett was tipped by Lynn English (Lynn, MA), 66-54, in a non-league outing.

The Witches now own a 11-5 record. They play next when they travel to Saugus for a non-league outing on Monday, February 11. Salem will meet a Sachems team coming off a 63-51 league loss to Swampscott (Swampscott, MA). The Sachems record now stands at 3-14.