Santa Cruz Cardinals (Santa Cruz, CA) backers were in high spirits Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad overcome the host Monterey Dores (Monterey, CA), 61-53 in a non-league challenge.

With the victory, Santa Cruz improves its record to 23-5 on the campaign. The Cardinals travel to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (San Francisco, CA) to confront the Fightin' Irish in a non-league challenge on Saturday, February 24. The Fightin' Irish come into the challenge with a record of 13-13. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory won 57-37 in their recent non-league challenge against Burlingame (Burlingame, CA)