The Salem Tigers (Salem, MO) basketball crushed the visiting Houston Tigers (Houston, MO), 70-42 in Monday's league test.

The Tigers (3-8) will now prepare for their test against Holden (Holden, MO). The Eagles go into the non-league test with a 7-3 record. In their last test, Holden walloped Cole Camp (Cole Camp, MO), 43-25, in a non-league test.

The Tigers now own a 6-4 record. They play next when they travel to Newburg for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 3. Houston will encounter a Wolves squad coming off a 57-46 non-league loss to St. Elizabeth (St. Elizabeth, MO). The Wolves record now stands at 5-6.