The Ruston Bearcats basketball team scored 56 points and limited the host Jonesboro-Hodge Tigers to 33 in the Bearcats non-league triumph on Monday.

The Bearcats now possess a 11-12 record. They play next when they travel to Winnfield for a non-league game on Tuesday, February 4. Ruston will confront a Tigers team coming off a 62-29 league loss to Mansfield (Mansfield, LA). The Tigers record now stands at 4-15.

With the loss, Jonesboro-Hodge falls to 11-13 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Ringgold (Ringgold, LA) to confront the Redskins in a 1A District 1 game on Tuesday, February 4. The Redskins go into the game with a record of 4-15. Ringgold lost 54-35 in their recent non-league game against Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill, LA)