The Merced Bears basketball team scored 52 points and limited the visiting Buhach Colony Thunder to 7 in the Bears league triumph on Tuesday.

The Bears now have a 12-8 record. They play next when they travel to Atwater for a Central California Conference game on Thursday, January 23. Merced will confront a Falcons team coming off a 73-43 league win over El Capitan (Merced, CA). The Falcons record now stands at 17-4.

With the loss, Buhach Colony falls to 5-16 on the campaign. The Thunder travel to Los Banos (Los Banos, CA) to confront the Tigers in a Central California Conference game on Thursday, January 23. The Tigers go into the game with a record of 14-5. Los Banos won 51-43 in their recent league game against Golden Valley (Merced, CA)