The Taylorsville Tartars basketball team scored 12 points and limited the visiting Piney Woods Tornadoes to 0 in the Tartars league triumph on Tuesday.

The Tartars now have a 6-10 record. They play next when they travel to Leake County for a 1A Region 7 game on Friday, January 17. Taylorsville will confront a Gators team coming off a 60-35 league win over Mount Olive (Mount Olive, MS). The Gators record now stands at 10-6.

With the loss, Piney Woods falls to 6-2 on the campaign. The Tornadoes travel to Stringer (Stringer, MS) to confront the Red Devils in a 1A Region 7 game on Friday, January 17. The Red Devils go into the game with a record of 7-11. Stringer won 77-25 in their recent league game against Mississippi School for the Deaf (Jackson, MS)