The Palestine Wildcats ran past the visiting Rusk Eagles basketball team by a final score of 69-53 in Friday's league game.

In their next game, the Wildcats face the Jacksonville Fightin' Indians (Jacksonville, TX) in a 4A Region III District 18 game, on Tuesday, January 16. Palestine will attempt to move on its 12-6 season record. The Fightin' Indians enter the game with a 7-12 record after their 62-60 league win over Bullard (Bullard, TX).

With the defeat, Rusk moves to 3-20 on the year. The Eagles host Hudson (Lufkin, TX) to face the Hornets in a 4A Region III District 18 game on Tuesday, January 16. The Hornets enter the game with a record of 20-4. Hudson won 50-43 in their recent league game against Madisonville (Madisonville, TX)