The Simi Valley Pioneers basketball team (Simi Valley, CA), was nudged 77-71 in Friday's non-league battle with the visiting Heritage Christian Warriors (Northridge, CA)

The Warriors now possess a 8-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Oaks Christian for a non-league battle on Saturday, December 9. Heritage Christian will confront a Lions team coming off a 55-36 non-league win over Camarillo (Camarillo, CA). The Lions record now stands at 3-4.

The Pioneers (7-4) will now prepare for their battle against Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, CA). The Wolverines come into the non-league battle with a 7-1 record. In their last battle, Harvard-Westlake edged El Camino Real (Woodland Hills, CA), 77-26, in a non-league battle.