The East Carteret Mariners basketball team scored 57 points and limited the visiting Jones Trojans to 37 in the Mariners league triumph on Friday.

The Mariners now have a 4-9 record. They play next when they host Pamlico County for a 1A/2A Coastal Plains game on Tuesday, February 4. East Carteret will confront a Hurricanes team coming off a 77-35 league loss to Northside - Pinetown (Pinetown, NC). The Hurricanes record now stands at 4-12.

With the loss, Jones falls to 1-15 on the campaign. The Trojans travel to Northside - Pinetown (Pinetown, NC) to confront the Panthers in a 1A/2A Coastal Plains game on Tuesday, February 4. The Panthers go into the game with a record of 15-3. Northside - Pinetown won 77-35 in their recent league game against Pamlico County (Bayboro, NC)