The Cardinals led the Valley View Eagles for 31 minutes and 53 seconds to see a six-point lead disappear due to foul trouble and untimely turnovers.
The Eagles forced the young Cardinal team into overtime and ended up coming out with a 60-56 victory.
The game was very hard fought and entertaining for the crowd to see. Hunter Franklin led all Cardinal scores with 18 points.
Savoy Cardinal season up to date
The Cardinals have suffered ups and downs as a relatively young line-up goes through the pains of maturing under fire.
The season started with a 63-60 win over Dallas A+, then followed with losses to Chisum (74-31), Sam Rayburn (40-34), Blue Ridge (38-35) and Tom Bean (60-41) before finding the win column again against the Greenville Phoenix Charter School (71-24). The Cardinals followed this win with losses to Celeste (51-35) and again Tom Bean (50-36) before beating Campbell (59-52). The Cardinals then lost two in a row to Lone Oak (75-35) and Wolfe City (58-55) before beating Fannindel (56-32). The Cardinals are 4-9 on the season raising their win column by one win so far up to date this season.