The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Nevada Union Miners (Grass Valley, CA) and the host Bear River Bruins (Grass Valley, CA), observed Nevada Union's basketball team smash Bear River by a margin of 56-35.

The Miners (4-1) will now prepare for their contest against Marysville (Marysville, CA). The Indians come into the non-league contest with a 3-1 record. In their last contest, Marysville was trounced by Wood (Vacaville, CA), 54-45, in a non-league contest.

Next up, the Bruins face the Twelve Bridges Raging Rhinos (Lincoln, CA) in a non-league match, on Thursday, December 11. Bear River will attempt to advance on its 3-2 season record.