The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Rusk Eagles (Rusk, TX) and the host Douglass Indians (Douglass, TX), observed Rusk's basketball team edge Douglass by a score of 58-54.

The Eagles (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Carlisle (Price, TX). The Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 2-8 record. In their last challenge, Carlisle was tipped by Troup (Troup, TX), 87-25, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Mt. Enterprise Wildcats (Mt. Enterprise, TX) in a 2A Region III District 22 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Douglass will attempt to improve on its 3-10 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 1-7 record after their 47-44 non-league loss to Garrison (Garrison, TX).