The Grants Pirates (Grants, NM) basketball crushed the visiting Moriarty Fighting Pintos (Moriarty, NM), 72-42 in Friday's league test.

The Pirates (14-7) will now prepare for their test against St. Pius X (Albuquerque, NM). The Sartans go into the 5A District 5 test with a 17-3 record. In their last test, St. Pius X walloped Los Alamos (Los Alamos, NM), 51-33, in a non-league test.

The Fighting Pintos now own a 3-17 record. They play next when they host Albuquerque Academy for a 5A District 5 test on Tuesday, February 10. Moriarty will encounter a Chargers squad coming off a 46-39 league loss to St. Pius X (Albuquerque, NM). The Chargers record now stands at 8-12.