The Maxwell Wildcats (Maxwell, NE) basketball nipped the host Brady Eagles (Brady, NE), 46-40 in Tuesday's non-league test.

The Wildcats (3-10) will now prepare for their test against Sandhills Valley (Stapleton, NE). The Mavericks go into the C2 District 11 test with a 6-5 record. In their last test, Sandhills Valley was tipped by Hyannis (Hyannis, NE), 59-52, in a non-league test.

The Eagles now own a 4-10 record. They play next when they travel to Wallace for a D2 District 9 test on Tuesday, January 31. Brady will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 67-36 non-league loss to Dundy County-Stratton (Benkelman, NE). The Wildcats record now stands at 3-8.