The Sweetwater Mustangs (Sweetwater, TX) basketball crushed the host Merkel Badgers (Merkel, TX), 82-41 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Mustangs now possess a 10-10 record. They play next when they travel to Clyde for a 3A Region I District 6 bout on Friday, January 17. Sweetwater will play a Bulldogs team coming off a 54-36 league loss to San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy (San Angelo, TX). The Bulldogs record now stands at 12-9.

With the loss, Merkel falls to 6-15 on the campaign. The Badgers host Grape Creek (San Angelo, TX) to play the Eagles in a 3A Region I District 6 bout on Friday, January 17. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 9-14. Grape Creek won 86-22 in their recent non-league bout against Midland Texas Leadership Charter Academy (Midland, TX)