In Thursday's league outing, the Patterson Tigers (Patterson, CA) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Merced Bears (Merced, CA), by a margin of 55-33.

The Tigers (16-6) will now prepare for their outing against El Capitan (Merced, CA). The Gauchos go into the Central California Conference outing with a 18-5 record. In their last outing, El Capitan smashed Golden Valley (Merced, CA), 44-34, in a league outing.

The Bears now own a 9-11 record. They play next when they travel to Atwater for a Central California Conference outing on Tuesday, January 31. Merced will clash with a Falcons squad coming off a 65-25 league win over Central Valley (Ceres, CA). The Falcons record now stands at 13-11.