The Desert Vista Thunder (Phoenix, AZ) basketball crushed the visiting Queen Creek Bulldogs (Queen Creek, AZ), 82-59 in Friday's league test.

The Thunder (11-5) will now prepare for their test against Valley Vista (Surprise, AZ). The Monsoon go into the non-league test with a 4-9 record. In their last test, Valley Vista was trounced by Lincoln (San Diego, CA), 54-34, in a non-league test.

The Bulldogs now own a 10-7 record. They play next when they host Desert Ridge for a 6A Central test on Tuesday, January 9. Queen Creek will encounter a Jaguars squad coming off a 60-59 non-league loss to Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ). The Jaguars record now stands at 3-8.