Basketball Recap: Pine Forest Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Christian Baynes and Angelo Jones

Pine Forest was the 69-61 winner over Triton when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Pine Forest Trojans took a hard 75-60 fall against the Triton Hawks on Tuesday. The Trojans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Angelo Jones and Christian Baynes certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Jones dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten boards, while Baynes posted 17 points and eight rebounds. Baynes' evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kabori Simmons, who had 15 points.

Even though they lost, Pine Forest smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Triton only pulled down seven offensive rebounds.

It was another big night for Ro'Mello Pegues, who went 10 for 18 on his way to 32 points for Triton. Those 32 points gave Pegues a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jamaury Taylor, who went 8 of 10 en route to 17 points and six boards.

Pine Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 12-9. As for Triton, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-8 record this season.

Pine Forest has already played their next game (against Harnett Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Triton will square off against Terry Sanford at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Triton's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last ten contests.