The Moreno Valley Vikings (Moreno Valley, CA) basketball knocked off the visiting Temescal Canyon Titans (Lake Elsinore, CA), 71-63 in Thursday's league test.

The Vikings (10-7) will now prepare for their test against Hemet (Hemet, CA). The Bulldogs go into the Sunbelt test with a 5-9 record. In their last test, Hemet went down by Valley View (Moreno Valley, CA), 63-53, in a league test.

The Titans now own a 13-5 record. They play next when they host Orange Vista for a Sunbelt test on Tuesday, January 10. Temescal Canyon will encounter a Coyotes squad coming off a 64-60 league win over Valley View (Moreno Valley, CA). The Coyotes record now stands at 5-12.