The Lordsburg Mavericks (Lordsburg, NM) basketball knocked off the host Cloudcroft Bears (Cloudcroft, NM), 57-43 in Friday's league test.

The Mavericks (7-10) will now prepare for their test against Reserve (Reserve, NM). The Mountaineers go into the non-league test with a 14-5 record. In their last test, Reserve went down by Quemado (Quemado, NM), 62-43, in a non-league test.

The Bears now own a 3-15 record. They play next when they travel to Capitan for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 23. Cloudcroft will encounter a Tigers squad coming off a 82-27 non-league loss to Fort Sumner/House (Fort Sumner, NM). The Tigers record now stands at 5-8.