In Monday's non-league outing, the Ruston Bearcats (Ruston, LA) basketball squad edged the visiting Mansfield Wolverines (Mansfield, LA), by a count of 42-38.

The Bearcats (3-1) will now prepare for their outing against Sulphur (Sulphur, LA). The Golden Tors go into the non-league outing with a 2-2 record. In their last outing, Sulphur was tipped by Natchitoches Central (Natchitoches, LA), 58-44, in a non-league outing.

The Wolverines now hold a 0-3 record. They play next when they host Haughton for a non-league outing on Tuesday, November 21. Mansfield will clash with a Buccaneers squad coming off a 51-41 non-league win over Minden (Minden, LA). The Buccaneers record now stands at 5-0.