The Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA) basketball crushed the host Patterson Tigers (Patterson, CA), 73-36 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Cougars now possess a 6-5 record. They play next when they travel to Sierra for a non-league game on Tuesday, December 17. Golden Valley will confront a Timberwolves team coming off a 57-39 non-league loss to St. Mary's (Stockton, CA). The Timberwolves record now stands at 5-5.

With the loss, Patterson falls to 2-1 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Hilmar (Hilmar, CA) to confront the Yellowjackets in a non-league game on Monday, December 23. The Yellowjackets go into the game with a record of 2-3. Hilmar lost 57-46 in their recent non-league game against Central Valley (Ceres, CA)