In Thursday's league outing, the Central Spartans (El Centro, CA) basketball squad edged the host Calexico Bulldogs (Calexico, CA), by a count of 64-60.

The Spartans (16-9) will now prepare for their outing against Brawley (Brawley, CA). The Wildcats go into the Imperial Valley outing with a 7-17 record. In their last outing, Brawley held off Southwest EC (El Centro, CA), 66-43, in a league outing.

The Bulldogs now hold a 14-8 record. They play next when they travel to Imperial for a non-league outing on Monday, February 6. Calexico will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 67-58 league win over Vincent Memorial (Calexico, CA). The Tigers record now stands at 14-8.