In Tuesday's league outing, the Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA) basketball squad edged the host Buhach Colony Thunder (Atwater, CA), by a count of 44-41.

The Cougars (2-19) will now prepare for their outing against Atwater (Atwater, CA). The Falcons go into the Central California Conference outing with a 18-6 record. In their last outing, Atwater held off Patterson (Patterson, CA), 79-44, in a league outing.

The Thunder now hold a 4-15 record. They play next when they travel to El Capitan for a Central California Conference outing on Thursday, January 25. Buhach Colony will clash with a Gauchos squad coming off a 45-41 league win over Merced (Merced, CA). The Gauchos record now stands at 16-5.