Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Eunice Cardinals (Eunice, NM) and the visiting Loving Falcons (Loving, NM), saw Eunice's basketball squad hold off Loving by a tally of 66-59.

With the victory, Eunice improves its record to 17-9 on the campaign. The Cardinals travel to Dexter (Dexter, NM) to confront the Demons in a 2A District 5 challenge on Saturday, March 1. The Demons come into the challenge with a record of 24-2. Dexter won 61-50 in their recent league challenge against Loving (Loving, NM)