In Tuesday's league outing, the Spurger Pirates (Spurger, TX) basketball squad felled the visiting Burkeville Mustangs (Burkeville, TX), by a margin of 48-37.

The Pirates (11-8) will now prepare for their outing against Goodrich (Goodrich, TX). The Hornets go into the 1A Region IV District 28 outing with a 0-12 record. In their last outing, Goodrich was beaten by High Island (High Island, TX), 47-39, in a league outing.

The Mustangs now own a 8-9 record. They play next when they travel to Chester for a 1A Region IV District 28 outing on Friday, January 12. Burkeville will encounter a Yellowjackets squad coming off a 90-50 league loss to Brookeland (Brookeland, TX). The Yellowjackets record now stands at 3-12.