The Gallup Bengals (Gallup, NM) basketball crushed the visiting Aztec Tigers (Aztec, NM), 79-56 in Saturday's league test.

The Bengals (11-11) will now prepare for their test against Kirtland Central (Kirtland, NM). The Broncos go into the 4A District 1 test with a 10-13 record. In their last test, Kirtland Central was trounced by Bloomfield (Bloomfield, NM), 58-46, in a league test.

The Tigers now own a 5-19 record. They play next when they travel to Miyamura for a 4A District 1 test on Thursday, February 22. Aztec will encounter a Patriots squad coming off a 43-38 league win over Shiprock (Shiprock, NM). The Patriots record now stands at 2-21.