The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Santa Maria Saints (Santa Maria, CA) and the visiting Golden Valley Bulldogs (Bakersfield, CA), observed Santa Maria's basketball team knock off Golden Valley by a score of 75-55.

The Saints (5-3) will now prepare for their battle against Paso Robles (Paso Robles, CA). The Bearcats enter the non-league battle with a 1-5 record. In their last battle, Paso Robles was outscored by Santa Maria (Santa Maria, CA), 89-74, in a non-league battle.

The Bulldogs now own a 3-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Nipomo for a non-league battle on Friday, December 12. Golden Valley will meet a Titans squad coming off a 58-36 non-league loss to Thacher (Ojai, CA). The Titans record now stands at 1-5.