The La Marque Cougars (La Marque, TX) basketball crushed the visiting El Campo Ricebirds (El Campo, TX), 87-33 in Friday's league bout.

The Cougars now possess a 34-2 record. They play next when they travel to Columbia for a 4A Region IV District 29 bout on Tuesday, February 11. La Marque will play a Roughnecks team coming off a 59-44 league loss to Bay City (Bay City, TX). The Roughnecks record now stands at 10-23.

With the loss, El Campo falls to 12-18 on the campaign. The Ricebirds host Wharton (Wharton, TX) to play the Tigers in a 4A Region IV District 29 bout on Tuesday, February 11. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 23-11. Wharton won 90-40 in their recent league bout against Sweeny (Sweeny, TX)