The Purnell Swett Rams (Pembroke, NC) basketball crushed the visiting Gray's Creek Bears (Hope Mills, NC), 63-36 in Thursday's league bout.

The Rams now possess a 5-1 record. They play next when they host Cape Fear for a bout on Friday, January 3. Purnell Swett will play a Colts team coming off a 57-34 league loss to Lumberton (Lumberton, NC). The Colts record now stands at 3-3.

With the loss, Gray's Creek falls to 2-4 on the campaign. The Bears host Seventy-First (Fayetteville, NC) to play the Falcons in a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. The Falcons go into the bout with a record of 2-0. Seventy-First won 70-56 in their recent league bout against South View (Hope Mills, NC)