Fans at Monday's league challenge between the El Capitan Gauchos (Merced, CA) and the host Patterson Tigers (Patterson, CA), saw El Capitan's basketball squad overcome Patterson by a tally of 49-29.

With the victory, El Capitan improves its record to 26-0 on the campaign. The Gauchos travel to Central Valley (Ceres, CA) to confront the Hawks in a challenge on Tuesday, February 7. The Hawks come into the challenge with a record of 1-8. Central Valley lost 50-24 in their recent league challenge against Atwater (Atwater, CA)