The Hermleigh Cardinals basketball team scored 56 points and limited the visiting XDOT Academy Bison to 44 in the Cardinals non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Cardinals now possess a 19-9 record. They play next when they travel to Trent for a 1A Region II District 14 game on Friday, January 24. Hermleigh will confront a Gorillas team coming off a 64-9 league loss to Westbrook (Westbrook, TX). The Gorillas record now stands at 11-10.

With the loss, XDOT Academy falls to 2-5 on the campaign. The Bison travel to Texas Institute (Dallas, TX) to confront the in a Freelance game on Saturday, February 1. The go into the game with a record of 13-3.