The Marshall Mavericks basketball squad (Marshall, TX), was crushed 73-30 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Lufkin Panthers (Lufkin, TX)

With the victory, Lufkin advances its record to 32-2 on the year. The Panthers travel to Jacksonville (Jacksonville, TX) to meet the Fightin' Indians in a 5A Region II District 10 battle on Friday, February 7. The Fightin' Indians enter the battle with a record of 14-19. Jacksonville lost 61-55 in their recent non-league battle against Tyler HEAT (Tyler, TX)

The Mavericks now own a 5-21 record. They put it on the line next when they host Whitehouse for a 5A Region II District 10 battle on Friday, February 7. Marshall will meet a Wildcats squad coming off a 56-26 league loss to Mt. Pleasant (Mt. Pleasant, TX). The Wildcats record now stands at 7-20.