The Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA) basketball toppled the visiting Orestimba Warriors (Newman, CA), 62-49 in Friday's league bout.

The Cougars now possess a 12-10 record. They play next when they travel to Sonora for a bout on Wednesday, January 29. Escalon will play a Wildcats team coming off a 67-39 league loss to Ripon Christian (Ripon, CA). The Wildcats record now stands at 0-11.

With the loss, Orestimba falls to 4-11 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to Patterson (Patterson, CA) to play the Tigers in a non-league bout on Monday, January 27. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 4-9. Patterson lost 55-34 in their recent league bout against Sierra (Manteca, CA)