In Friday's league outing, the Merced Bears (Merced, CA) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA), by a margin of 47-25.

The Bears (10-7) will now prepare for their outing against El Capitan (Merced, CA). The Gauchos go into the outing with a 14-4 record. In their last outing, El Capitan smashed Central Valley (Ceres, CA), 61-38, in a league outing.

The Cougars now own a 6-12 record. They play next when they travel to Buhach Colony for a outing on Monday, January 23. Golden Valley will clash with a Thunder squad coming off a 86-13 league loss to Atwater (Atwater, CA). The Thunder record now stands at 2-8.