In Friday's league outing, the Merced Bears (Merced, CA) basketball squad nipped the visiting Turlock Bulldogs (Turlock, CA), by a margin of 59-57.

The Bears (9-6) will now prepare for their outing against Foothill (Sacramento, CA). The Mustangs go into the non-league outing with a 9-6 record. In their last outing, Foothill got by Rio Americano (Sacramento, CA), 63-37, in a non-league outing.

The Bulldogs now own a 10-7 record. They take the field next when they travel to Golden Valley for a Central California outing on Wednesday, January 14. Turlock will encounter a Cougars squad coming off a 67-40 non-league win over Downey (Modesto, CA). The Cougars record now stands at 13-3.