The Manteca Buffaloes (Manteca, CA) basketball crushed the host Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA), 79-38 in Friday's non-league test.

The Buffaloes (11-2) will now prepare for their test against Central Valley (Ceres, CA). The Hawks go into the Valley Oak test with a 5-7 record. In their last test, Central Valley walloped Johansen (Modesto, CA), 59-46, in a non-league test.

The Cougars now own a 1-8 record. They take the field next when they travel to Amador for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 6. Escalon will clash with a Buffaloes squad coming off a 59-39 non-league loss to El Dorado (Placerville, CA). The Buffaloes record now stands at 7-6.