The Hoisington Cardinals (Hoisington, KS) basketball nipped the host Larned Indians (Larned, KS), 73-66 in Tuesday's league test.

The Cardinals (7-9) will now prepare for their test against Halstead (Halstead, KS). The Dragons go into the Central Kansas test with a 10-8 record. In their last test, Halstead got by Kingman (Kingman, KS), 38-31, in a league test.

The Indians now own a 3-14 record. They play next when they host Hesston for a Central Kansas test on Friday, February 10. Larned will encounter a Swathers squad coming off a 63-41 league win over Nickerson (Nickerson, KS). The Swathers record now stands at 15-1.