The Tulare Union The Tribe (Tulare, CA) basketball nipped the host Lemoore Tigers (Lemoore, CA), 47-42 in Wednesday's league test.

The The Tribe (10-9) will now prepare for their test against Hanford (Hanford, CA). The Bullpups go into the West Yosemite test with a 7-10 record. In their last test, Hanford got by Dinuba (Dinuba, CA), 45-33, in a league test.

The Tigers now own a 4-12 record. They play next when they travel to Mission Oak for a West Yosemite test on Friday, January 12. Lemoore will encounter a Hawks squad coming off a 50-41 league win over Tulare Western (Tulare, CA). The Hawks record now stands at 13-6.