In Friday's league outing, the Madisonville Mustangs (Madisonville, TX) basketball squad edged the visiting Rusk Eagles (Rusk, TX), by a count of 60-56.

The Mustangs (24-9) will now prepare for their outing against Palestine (Palestine, TX). The Wildcats go into the 4A Region III District 18 outing with a 19-11 record. In their last outing, Palestine was tipped by Bullard (Bullard, TX), 88-46, in a league outing.

The Eagles now hold a 7-22 record. They play next when they travel to Jacksonville for a 4A Region III District 18 outing on Tuesday, February 14. Rusk will clash with a Fightin' Indians squad coming off a 67-44 league win over Hudson (Lufkin, TX). The Fightin' Indians record now stands at 22-8.