The Lopez Lobos (Brownsville, TX) basketball nipped the host Harlingen Cardinals (Harlingen, TX), 45-44 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Lobos (12-2) will now prepare for their test against Veterans Memorial (Brownsville, TX). The Chargers go into the 5A Region IV District 32 test with a 4-7 record. In their last test, Veterans Memorial was tipped by Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, TX), 60-57, in a non-league test.

The Cardinals now own a 5-14 record. They play next when they travel to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 13. Harlingen will encounter a Bears team coming off a 48-32 non-league loss to Corpus Christi Moody (Corpus Christi, TX). The Bears record now stands at 8-11.