The Eunice Cardinals basketball team scored 58 points and restricted the visiting Jal Panthers to 54 in the Cardinals non-league victory on Tuesday.

The Cardinals now sport a 5-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Dora for a non-league contest on Friday, January 13. Eunice will battle a Coyotes team coming off a 54-34 non-league win over Tatum (Tatum, NM). The Coyotes record now stands at 9-5.

The Panthers (8-3) will now prepare for their contest against Dexter (Dexter, NM). The Demons come into the non-league contest with a 8-4 record. In their last contest, Dexter edged New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, NM), 59-35, in a non-league contest.