The New Designs University Park Cardinals (Los Angeles, CA) basketball nipped the visiting USC Hybrid Trojans (Los Angeles, CA), 16-12 in Tuesday's league test.

The Cardinals (7-3) will now prepare for their test against Gertz-Ressler (Los Angeles, CA). The Pumas go into the Metro test with a 2-2 record. In their last test, Gertz-Ressler was tipped by Animo Robinson (Los Angeles, CA), 58-18, in a league test.

The Trojans now own a 3-4 record. They play next when they travel to Animo Robinson for a Metro test on Thursday, January 11. USC Hybrid will encounter a Monarchs squad coming off a 52-29 league win over University Pathways Medical Magnet (Los Angeles, CA). The Monarchs record now stands at 10-1.