In Friday's league outing, the Pine Tree Pirates (Longview, TX) basketball squad edged the host Texas Tigers (Texarkana, TX), by a margin of 47-45.

The Pirates (10-15) will now prepare for their outing against Longview (Longview, TX). The Lobos go into the 5A Region II District 15 outing with a 20-7 record. In their last outing, Longview held off Hallsville (Hallsville, TX), 39-34, in a league outing.

The Tigers now own a 4-14 record. They play next when they travel to Marshall for a 5A Region II District 15 outing on Tuesday, January 24. Texas will clash with a Mavericks squad coming off a 59-52 league loss to Whitehouse (Whitehouse, TX). The Mavericks record now stands at 9-16.