The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Santa Cruz Cardinals (Santa Cruz, CA) and the visiting University Red Devils (San Francisco, CA), observed Santa Cruz's basketball team edge University by a score of 74-70.

The Cardinals (8-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Scotts Valley (Scotts Valley, CA). The Falcons go into the Santa Cruz Coast bout with a 7-9 record. In their last bout, Scotts Valley nudged Harbor (Santa Cruz, CA), 79-48, in a league bout.

With the loss, University falls to 11-8 on the campaign. The Red devils host Marin Academy (San Rafael, CA) to play the Wildcats in a Bay Counties - West bout on Thursday, January 23. The Wildcats go into the bout with a record of 9-10. Marin Academy lost 62-49 in their recent league bout against Lick-Wilmerding (San Francisco, CA)