The Santa Paula Cardinals (Santa Paula, CA) basketball knocked off the host Fillmore Flashes (Fillmore, CA), 59-49 in Thursday's league test.

The Cardinals (18-5) will now prepare for their test against Malibu (Malibu, CA). The Sharks go into the Citrus Coast test with a 4-8 record. In their last test, Malibu notched a victory over Magnolia Science Academy 5 (Reseda, CA), 69-29, in a non-league test.

The Flashes now own a 3-16 record. They play next when they travel to Trinity Classical Academy for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 23. Fillmore will encounter a Knights squad coming off a 71-54 league win over The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (Palmdale, CA). The Knights record now stands at 15-5.