The Union Academy Cardinals basketball team scored 52 points and limited the host North Stanly Comets to 39 in the Cardinals non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Cardinals now possess a 9-2 record. They play next when they travel to Valor Preparatory Academy for a non-league game on Thursday, January 30. Union Academy will confront a Owls team coming off a 54-24 non-league loss to Queen's Grant (Matthews, NC). The Owls record now stands at 0-8.

With the loss, North Stanly falls to 5-7 on the campaign. The Comets host Gray Stone Day (Misenheimer, NC) to confront the Knights in a non-league game on Friday, January 31. The Knights go into the game with a record of 0-11. Gray Stone Day lost 62-20 in their recent non-league game against Mount Pleasant (Mt. Pleasant, NC)