The Oceanside Pirates (Oceanside, CA) basketball nipped the visiting Fallbrook Warriors (Fallbrook, CA), 55-51 in Tuesday's league test.

The Pirates (7-15) will now prepare for their test against Valley Center (Valley Center, CA). The Jaguars go into the Valley test with a 17-5 record. In their last test, Valley Center got by Mission Vista (Oceanside, CA), 64-56, in a league test.

The Warriors now own a 14-8 record. They play next when they host Orange Glen for a Valley test on Friday, February 6. Fallbrook will encounter a Patriots squad coming off a 72-67 league win over Ramona (Ramona, CA). The Patriots record now stands at 16-7.