North Carolina High School Basketball - Columbia can't hold off Mattamuskeet
January 27, 2023: Swan Quarter, NC 27885 The Mattamuskeet Lakers basketball team scored 50 points and held the visiting Columbia Wildcats to 46 in the Lakers league triumph on Friday.
The Lakers now sport a 6-10 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Bear Grass Charter for a 1A Conference 1 contest on Tuesday, January 31. Mattamuskeet will battle a Bears team coming off a 54-53 non-league loss to North East Carolina Prep (Tarboro, NC). The Bears record now stands at 11-8.
The Wildcats (11-7) will now prepare for their contest against Cape Hatteras (Buxton, NC). The Hurricanes enter the 1A Conference 1 contest with a 4-8 record. In their last contest, Cape Hatteras was nudged by Ocracoke (Ocracoke, NC), 63-43, in a league contest.