The Paradise Bobcats (Paradise, CA) basketball knocked off the visiting Live Oak Lions (Live Oak, CA), 49-40 in Tuesday's league test.

The Bobcats (4-17) will now prepare for their test against Winters (Winters, CA). The Warriors go into the Sacramento Valley test with a 8-14 record. In their last test, Winters went down by Pierce (Arbuckle, CA), 54-44, in a league test.

The Lions now own a 6-15 record. They play next when they host East Nicolaus for a Sacramento Valley test on Friday, February 3. Live Oak will encounter a Spartans squad coming off a 85-34 league loss to Colusa (Colusa, CA). The Spartans record now stands at 4-20.