The Holtville Vikings (Holtville, CA) basketball nipped the visiting Southwest EC Eagles (El Centro, CA), 44-42 in Thursday's league test.

The Vikings (10-11) will now prepare for their test against Calipatria (Calipatria, CA). The Hornets go into the Desert test with a 18-3 record. In their last test, Calipatria got by Brawley (Brawley, CA), 53-40, in a league test.

The Eagles now own a 2-20 record. They play next when they host Palo Verde Valley for a non-league test on Monday, February 5. Southwest EC will encounter a Yellow Jackets squad coming off a 51-45 league loss to Imperial (Imperial, CA). The Yellow Jackets record now stands at 7-13.