The Mathis Pirates basketball team scored 45 points and held the host Taft Greyhounds to 32 in the Pirates non-league triumph on Tuesday.
The Pirates now sport a 5-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Aransas Pass for a 3A Region IV District 31 contest on Saturday, January 2.
The Greyhounds (2-4) will now prepare for their contest against West Oso (Corpus Christi, TX). The Bears enter the non-league contest with a 12-2 record. In their last contest, West Oso ran past John Paul II (Corpus Christi, TX), 53-52, in a non-league contest.