The Merryville Panthers basketball team scored 57 points and limited the visiting Alexandria Trojans to 41 in the Panthers non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Panthers now possess a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Leesville for a non-league game on Friday, December 5. Merryville will confront a Wampus Cats team coming off a 50-21 non-league win over North DeSoto (Stonewall, LA). The Wampus Cats record now stands at 3-3.

The Trojans (4-3) will now prepare for their outing against Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill, LA). The Eagles come into the non-league outing with a 6-4 record. In their last outing, Pleasant Hill was defeated by Anacoco (Anacoco, LA), 47-24, in a non-league outing.