The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the West Carteret Patriots (Morehead City, NC) and the host East Carteret Mariners (Beaufort, NC), observed West Carteret's basketball team knock off East Carteret by a score of 43-31.

The Patriots (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Pamlico County (Bayboro, NC). The Hurricanes come into the non-league challenge with a 0-3 record. In their last challenge, Pamlico County dropped by West Craven (Vanceboro, NC), 59-29, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mariners battle the Croatan Cougars (Newport, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 3. East Carteret will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 56-50 non-league loss to Southside (Chocowinity, NC).