The Galax Maroon Tide (Galax, VA) basketball crushed the host Auburn Eagles (Riner, VA), 45-23 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Maroon Tide now possess a 2-0 record. They play next when they host Graham for a non-league bout on Wednesday, December 11. Galax will play a G-Men team coming off a 54-50 non-league win over Narrows (Narrows, VA). The G-Men record now stands at 2-0.

With the loss, Auburn falls to 1-1 on the campaign. The Eagles host Giles (Pearisburg, VA) to play the Spartans in a Mountain Empire bout on Thursday, December 12. The Spartans go into the bout with a record of 1-4. Giles lost 67-53 in their recent league bout against Grayson County (Independence, VA)