The Melrose Buffaloes (Melrose, NM) basketball crushed the visiting Cloudcroft Bears (Cloudcroft, NM), 74-37 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Buffaloes (8-3) will now prepare for their test against Fort Sumner/House (Fort Sumner, NM). The go into the A District 6 test with a 7-2 record. In their last test, Fort Sumner/House walloped Melrose (Melrose, NM), 72-70, in a non-league test.

The Bears now own a 5-5 record. They play next when they travel to Eunice for a non-league test on Saturday, January 15. Cloudcroft will encounter a Cardinals squad coming off a 59-40 non-league win over Dexter (Dexter, NM). The Cardinals record now stands at 5-6.