The Sweetwater Mustangs (Sweetwater, TX) basketball crushed the visiting Merkel Badgers (Merkel, TX), 71-26 in Friday's league bout.

The Mustangs now possess a 14-12 record. They play next when they host Clyde for a 3A Region I District 6 bout on Monday, February 10. Sweetwater will play a Bulldogs team coming off a 50-47 league win over San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy (San Angelo, TX). The Bulldogs record now stands at 15-14.

With the loss, Merkel falls to 7-19 on the campaign. The Badgers travel to Grape Creek (San Angelo, TX) to play the Eagles in a 3A Region I District 6 bout on Tuesday, February 11. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 9-20. Grape Creek lost 79-39 in their recent league bout against Sweetwater (Sweetwater, TX)