The Rusk Eagles basketball team scored 50 points and limited the visiting LaPoynor Flyers to 45 in the Eagles non-league triumph on Friday.

The Eagles now have a 5-8 record. They play next when they travel to Fairfield for a non-league game on Saturday, December 7. Rusk will confront a Eagles team coming off a 52-27 non-league win over Chapel Hill (Tyler, TX). The Eagles record now stands at 8-1.

With the loss, LaPoynor falls to 11-4 on the campaign. The Flyers travel to Chapel Hill (Tyler, TX) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league game on Saturday, December 7. The Bulldogs go into the game with a record of 6-6. Chapel Hill lost 65-37 in their recent non-league game against Dickinson (Dickinson, TX)