Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Mercedes Tigers (Mercedes, TX) and the host Veterans Memorial Chargers (Brownsville, TX), saw Mercedes's basketball squad overcome Veterans Memorial by a tally of 68-60.

With the victory, Mercedes improves its record to 15-15 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Donna North (Donna, TX) to confront the Chiefs in a 5A Region IV District 32 challenge on Friday, February 3. The Chiefs come into the challenge with a record of 2-24. Donna North lost 56-51 in their recent league challenge against Porter (Brownsville, TX)

Next up, the Chargers confront the Pace Vikings (Brownsville, TX) in a 5A Region IV District 32 challenge, on Friday, February 3. Veterans Memorial will attempt to improve on its 18-11 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 21-10 record after their 66-54 league loss to Weslaco East (Weslaco, TX).