In Thursday's league outing, the Fontana Steelers (Fontana, CA) basketball squad edged the host Carter Lions (Rialto, CA), by a count of 57-54.

The Steelers (15-4) will now prepare for their outing against Bloomington (Bloomington, CA). The Bruins go into the San Andreas outing with a 11-11 record. In their last outing, Bloomington held off Kaiser (Fontana, CA), 54-28, in a league outing.

The Lions now hold a 11-6 record. They play next when they travel to Eisenhower for a non-league outing on Monday, January 15. Carter will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 82-67 league loss to Summit (Fontana, CA). The Eagles record now stands at 6-12.