The La Quinta Blackhawks basketball team scored 50 points and limited the visiting Calipatria Hornets to 40 in the Blackhawks non-league triumph on Friday.

The Blackhawks now have a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to Shadow Hills for a non-league game on Saturday, December 14. La Quinta will confront a Knights team coming off a 45-43 non-league win over Calexico (Calexico, CA). The Knights record now stands at 3-3.

With the loss, Calipatria falls to 5-2 on the campaign. The Hornets travel to Imperial (Imperial, CA) to confront the Tigers in a non-league game on Saturday, December 14. The Tigers go into the game with a record of 2-1. Imperial won 56-30 in their recent non-league battle against Southwest EC (El Centro, CA)