The Hackberry Mustangs basketball team scored 40 points and limited the visiting Vinton Lions to 37 in the Mustangs non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Mustangs now possess a 7-12 record. They play next when they host Welsh for a non-league game on Saturday, January 11. Hackberry will confront a Greyhounds team coming off a 40-34 non-league loss to Johnson Bayou (Cameron, LA). The Greyhounds record now stands at 4-11.

With the loss, Vinton falls to 2-13 on the campaign. The Lions travel to Rosepine (Rosepine, LA) to confront the Eagles in a 2A District 4 game on Tuesday, January 14. The Eagles go into the game with a record of 11-9. Rosepine lost 55-47 in their recent non-league game against Simpson (Simpson, LA)