Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Croatan Cougars (Newport, NC) and the visiting Southside Seahawks (Chocowinity, NC), saw Croatan's basketball squad overcome Southside by a tally of 65-46.

With the victory, Croatan improves its record to 5-2 on the campaign. The Cougars host Ashley (Wilmington, NC) to confront the Screaming Eagle in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, January 3. The Screaming Eagle come into the challenge with a record of 1-4. Ashley lost 65-19 in their recent non-league challenge against Laney (Wilmington, NC)

Next up, the Seahawks confront the Columbia Wildcats (Columbia, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 4. Southside will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record.