The Desert Hot Springs Golden Eagles basketball team (Desert Hot Springs, CA), was nudged 42-39 in Wednesday's league battle with the visiting Twentynine Palms Wildcats (Twentynine Palms, CA)

The Wildcats now possess a 3-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Yucca Valley for a Desert Valley battle on Friday, December 8. Twentynine Palms will battle a Trojans team coming off a 69-4 league win over Indio (Indio, CA). The Trojans record now stands at 7-2.

The Golden Eagles (3-3) will now prepare for their battle against Banning (Banning, CA). The Broncos come into the Desert Valley battle with a 3-2 record. In their last battle, Banning edged Desert Mirage (Thermal, CA), 57-17, in a league battle.