The Santa Clara Bruins basketball team (Santa Clara, CA), was overwhelmed 64-41 in Saturday's league battle with the host Milpitas Trojans (Milpitas, CA)

The Trojans now possess a 9-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Homestead for a Santa Clara Valley - El Camino battle on Wednesday, January 4. Milpitas will confront a Mustangs team coming off a 62-40 non-league loss to Independence (San Jose, CA). The Mustangs record now stands at 5-7.

The Bruins (4-8) will now prepare for their test against Lynbrook (San Jose, CA). The Vikings go into the Santa Clara Valley - El Camino test with a 5-7 record. In their last test, Lynbrook walloped Monta Vista (Cupertino, CA), 63-53, in a league test.