The St. James Wildcats basketball team (St. James, LA), was nudged 40-35 in Tuesday's non-league contest with the visiting Lutcher Bulldogs (Lutcher, LA)

The Bulldogs now sport a 8-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to E.D. White for a non-league contest on Friday, January 5. Lutcher will battle a Cardinals team coming off a 48-45 non-league loss to South Lafourche (Galliano, LA). The Cardinals record now stands at 13-6.

The Wildcats (11-3) will now prepare for their contest against Holden (Holden, LA). The Rockets enter the non-league contest with a 5-8 record. In their last contest, Holden was nudged by Springfield (Springfield, LA), 47-37, in a non-league contest.