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PalestineRusk
Wildcats
65
Eagles
48

The Rusk (TX) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Palestine (TX) by a score of 65-48.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Palestine----65
Rusk----48
Final score provided by D. Jones.
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Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - Palestine thwarts Rusk

January 13, 2023: Rusk, TX 75785

The Palestine Wildcats (Palestine, TX) basketball knocked off the host Rusk Eagles (Rusk, TX), 65-48 in Friday's league test.

The Wildcats (15-7) will now prepare for their test against Jacksonville (Jacksonville, TX). The Fightin' Indians go into the 4A Region III District 18 test with a 13-8 record. In their last test, Jacksonville went down by Bullard (Bullard, TX), 75-66, in a league test.

The Eagles now own a 7-14 record. They play next when they travel to Hudson for a 4A Region III District 18 test on Tuesday, January 17. Rusk will encounter a Hornets squad coming off a 58-51 league loss to Madisonville (Madisonville, TX). The Hornets record now stands at 12-13.

Rankings & Records

Palestine (22-23)

TXSectionState Div.
3227444
OverallDistrictHomeAwayNeutralWin %District %PFPA
20-126-46-28-46-6.625.6001,8811,754

Rusk (22-23)

TXSectionState Div.
993212148
OverallDistrictHomeAwayNeutralWin %District %PFPA
7-230-102-101-94-4.233.0001,4661,787

Team Scoring Averages

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1Final
Palestine		15.016.814.811.62.058.8
Rusk		11.711.211.916.23.048.9

Palestine Videos

  • Play video icon Highlight of Hudson High School 0:38
  • Play video icon Highlight of Hudson High School 0:52

Rusk Videos

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Head-to-Head

  • Palestine won on 1/13/2023
    1/13 @ 6:30pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Palestine----65
    Rusk----48

    The Palestine (TX) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Rusk (TX) by a score of 65-48.

    Box score
  • Palestine won on 1/31/2023
    1/31 @ 6:30pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Rusk101491952
    Palestine2523191077

    The Rusk (TX) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Palestine (TX) by a score of 77-52.

    Box score

Common Opponents

SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
Palestine5-5Rusk1-9
DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
11/29/22KilgorePalestine(W) 68-3711/22/22KilgoreRusk(W) 58-32
1/17/23PalestineJacksonville(L) 69-371/27/23JacksonvilleRusk(L) 83-48
2/3/23JacksonvillePalestine(L) 73-562/14/23RuskJacksonville(L) 68-44
1/20/23PalestineHudson(W) 63-581/17/23RuskHudson(L) 70-41
2/7/23HudsonPalestine(W) 75-472/3/23HudsonRusk(L) 61-45
1/24/23BullardPalestine(L) 78-601/20/23BullardRusk(L) 65-44
2/10/23PalestineBullard(L) 88-462/7/23RuskBullard(L) 90-50
1/27/23PalestineMadisonville(W) 47-381/24/23MadisonvilleRusk(L) 58-54
2/14/23MadisonvillePalestine(W) 51-462/10/23RuskMadisonville(L) 60-56
2/20/23PalestineChapel Hill(L) 62-5612/13/22RuskChapel Hill(L) 63-45

Record Breakdown

Palestine (22-23)

Rusk (22-23)
20-12
Overall
7-23
6-4
League
0-10
7-2
Non-League
4-7
2-0
Head to Head
0-2
5-5
Common Opponent
1-9
6-2
Home
2-10
8-4
Away
1-9
6-6
Neutral
4-4
0-1
Playoff
0-0
20-12
In-State
6-23
0-0
Out-of-State
0-0