The Rainier Beach Vikings basketball team scored 63 points and restricted the visiting Eastside Catholic Crusaders to 54 in the Vikings league victory on Friday.

The Vikings now sport a 4-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to O'Dea for a 3A Metro contest on Tuesday, January 10. Rainier Beach will battle a Fighting Irish team coming off a 67-66 league loss to Garfield (Seattle, WA). The Fighting Irish record now stands at 9-3.

The Crusaders (8-4) will now prepare for their contest against Roosevelt (Seattle, WA). The Roughriders come into the 3A Metro contest with a 1-8 record. In their last contest, Roosevelt was defeated by Bishop Blanchet (Seattle, WA), 49-44, in a league contest.