The Reserve Mountaineers routed the visiting Animas Panthers basketball team by a final score of 56-30 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Mountaineers face the Cliff Cowboys/Cowgirls (Cliff, NM) in a non-league game, on Saturday, January 19. Reserve will attempt to move on its 6-4 season record. The Cowboys/Cowgirls enter the game with a 14-1 record after their 76-67 non-league win over Academia Juarez (Juarez, Mexico) (, ).

With the defeat, Animas moves to 4-9 on the year. The Panthers travel to Quemado (Quemado, NM) to face the Eagles in a non-league battle on Friday, January 25. The Eagles come into the battle with a record of 10-6. Quemado lost 55-54 in their recent non-league battle against San Jon (San Jon, NM)