In Friday's league outing, the Texas Tigers (Texarkana, TX) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Pine Tree Pirates (Longview, TX), by a margin of 68-27.

The Tigers (7-3) will now prepare for their outing against Marshall (Marshall, TX). The Mavericks go into the 5A Region II District 15 outing with a 4-12 record. In their last outing, Marshall was trounced by Whitehouse (Whitehouse, TX), 70-49, in a league outing.

The Pirates now own a 8-6 record. They play next when they host Longview for a 5A Region II District 15 outing on Tuesday, December 19. Pine Tree will encounter a Lobos squad coming off a 46-32 league win over Hallsville (Hallsville, TX). The Lobos record now stands at 13-5.