In Wednesday's league outing, the Merced Bears (Merced, CA) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Central Valley Hawks (Ceres, CA), by a margin of 48-20.

The Bears (22-2) will now prepare for their outing against Patterson (Patterson, CA). The Tigers go into the outing with a 1-7 record. In their last outing, Patterson was trounced by Golden Valley (Merced, CA), 55-31, in a league outing.

The Hawks now own a 0-6 record. They play next when they travel to Golden Valley for a outing on Friday, February 3. Central Valley will clash with a Cougars squad coming off a 71-45 league loss to El Capitan (Merced, CA). The Cougars record now stands at 10-15.