The Ruston Bearcats basketball team scored 59 points and limited the visiting Pitkin Tigers to 38 in the Bearcats non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Bearcats now have a 5-7 record. They play next when they travel to Benton for a non-league game on Thursday, January 2. Ruston will confront a Tigers team coming off a 53-51 non-league loss to Cedar Creek (Ruston, LA). The Tigers record now stands at 13-6.

With the loss, Pitkin falls to 11-11 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Glenmora (Glenmora, LA) to confront the Wildcats in a non-league game on Monday, December 30. The Wildcats go into the game with a record of 9-10. Glenmora lost 75-23 in their recent non-league game against Alexandria (Alexandria, LA)