The Grants Pirates basketball team (Grants, NM), was nudged 60-56 in Wednesday's non-league battle with the visiting Capital Jaguars (Santa Fe, NM)
The Jaguars now possess a 13-4 record. They play next when they travel to Espanola Valley for a 4A District 2 battle on Saturday, January 21. Capital will battle a Sun Devils team coming off a 64-58 league loss to Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM). The Sun Devils record now stands at 8-13.
The Pirates (11-5) will now prepare for their battle against Los Lunas (Los Lunas, NM). The Tigers come into the 4A District 6 battle with a 10-7 record. In their last battle, Los Lunas edged Belen (Belen, NM), 65-41, in a league battle.