Fans at Monday's non-league challenge between the Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA) and the host Argonaut Mustangs (Jackson, CA), saw Escalon's basketball squad overcome Argonaut by a tally of 79-65.

With the victory, Escalon improves its record to 13-3 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Riverbank (Riverbank, CA) to confront the Bruins in a challenge on Wednesday, January 4. The Bruins come into the challenge with a record of 5-1. Riverbank won 63-36 in their recent non-league challenge against Denair (Denair, CA)

Next up, the Mustangs confront the Calaveras Redhawks (San Andreas, CA) in a challenge, on Tuesday, January 10. Argonaut will attempt to improve on its 5-10 season record.