The Pine Tree Pirates basketball team scored 41 points and limited the visiting Van Vandals to 29 in the Pirates non-league triumph on Friday.

The Pirates now possess a 4-5 record. They play next when they travel to Longview for a non-league game on Tuesday, December 10. Pine Tree will confront a Lobos team coming off a 53-51 non-league loss to Community (Nevada, TX). The Lobos record now stands at 2-4.

With the loss, Van falls to 6-4 on the campaign. The Vandals travel to Grace Community (Tyler, TX) to confront the Cougars in a non-league game on Friday, December 6. The Cougars go into the game with a record of 6-3. Grace Community lost 64-52 in their recent non-league game against Tyler HEAT (Tyler, TX)