The Taylorsville Tartars routed the visiting Stringer Red Devils basketball team by a final score of 65-26 in Thursday's league game.

In their next game, the Tartars face the Leake Central Gators (Carthage, MS) in a non-league game, on Friday, January 19. Taylorsville will attempt to move on its 9-13 season record. The Gators enter the game with a 7-9 record after their 87-69 league loss to Northeast Lauderdale (Meridian, MS).

With the defeat, Stringer moves to 5-15 on the year. The Red devils travel to Mount Olive (Mount Olive, MS) to face the Pirates in a 1A Region 7 game on Friday, January 19. The Pirates enter the game with a record of 6-6. Mount Olive lost 53-40 in their recent league game against Leake County (Walnut Grove, MS)