The Lompoc Braves basketball team scored 61 points and held the visiting Taft Wildcats to 46 in the Braves non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Braves now sport a 9-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Santa Barbara for a Channel contest on Tuesday, January 4. Lompoc will battle a Dons team coming off a 61-57 non-league loss to Newbury Park (Newbury Park, CA). The Dons record now stands at 6-8.

The Wildcats (5-8) will now prepare for their contest against Kennedy (Delano, CA). The Thunderbirds enter the South Sequoia contest with a 6-10 record. In their last contest, Kennedy ran past Corcoran (Corcoran, CA), 54-52, in a non-league contest.