The Benton Cardinals (St. Joseph, MO) basketball felled the host Savannah Savages (Savannah, MO), 52-33 in Tuesday's league test.

The Cardinals (13-7) will now prepare for their test against Bishop LeBlond (St. Joseph, MO). The Eagles go into the Midland Empire test with a 19-8 record. In their last test, Bishop LeBlond went down by St. Pius X (Kansas City, MO), 49-32, in a league test.

The Savages now own a 10-15 record. They play next when they travel to Maryville for a Midland Empire test on Thursday, February 15. Savannah will encounter a Spoofhounds squad coming off a 77-40 league win over Cameron (Cameron, MO). The Spoofhounds record now stands at 9-14.