The Rice Bulldogs routed the visiting Mildred Eagles basketball team by a final score of 50-26 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the Bulldogs face the Malakoff Tigers (Malakoff, TX) in a 3A Region III District 18 game, on Friday, January 20. Rice will attempt to move on its 17-8 season record. The Tigers enter the game with a 17-7 record after their 37-33 league loss to Scurry-Rosser (Scurry, TX).

With the defeat, Mildred moves to 21-5 on the year. The Eagles host Palmer (Palmer, TX) to face the Bulldogs in a 3A Region III District 18 game on Friday, January 20. The Bulldogs enter the game with a record of 21-9. Palmer won 48-31 in their recent league game against Eustace (Eustace, TX)