The Santa Ynez Pirates (Santa Ynez, CA) basketball knocked off the visiting Morro Bay Pirates (Morro Bay, CA), 77-57 in Tuesday's league test.

The Pirates (13-3) will now prepare for their test against Bishop Diego (Santa Barbara, CA). The Cardinals go into the non-league test with a 13-7 record. In their last test, Bishop Diego went down by Santa Clara (Oxnard, CA), 49-42, in a league test.

The Pirates now own a 2-16 record. They play next when they travel to Templeton for a Ocean test on Saturday, January 21. Morro Bay will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 56-36 league win over Paso Robles (Paso Robles, CA). The Eagles record now stands at 10-9.