The Santa Maria Cougars basketball team (Santa Maria, TX), dropped 52-42 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting La Villa Cardinals (La Villa, TX)

The Cardinals now possess a 1-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Ben Bolt for a 2A Region IV District 32 battle on Tuesday, December 12. La Villa will battle a Badgers team coming off a 40-14 non-league loss to Taft (Taft, TX). The Badgers record now stands at 4-9.

The Cougars (0-2) will now prepare for their battle against Raymondville (Raymondville, TX). The Bearkats come into the non-league battle with a 10-5 record. In their last battle, Raymondville dropped by Lyford (Lyford, TX), 46-34, in a non-league battle.