Basketball Recap: Croatan Takes Loss Despite Strong Performances from Trey Jones and Kannon Mcbride

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Croatan can now relate to. The game between the Croatan Cougars and the J.H. Rose Rampants didn't end well, with the Croatan Cougars falling 86-71. While the Cougars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Rampants 15-10 in the first quarter.

Trey Jones

Points

02/28/25 @ J.H. Rose	22
02/25/25 vs Hunt	17
02/21/25 vs West Carteret	17
02/18/25 @ Richlands	34
02/14/25 @ West Carteret	26
+ 4 more games

Croatan's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kannon McBride, who almost dropped a double-double with 26 points and nine boards, and Trey Jones, who posted 22 points and five assists. The match was Jones' ninth in a row with at least 17 points. Another player making a difference was Evan Carlson, who earned eight points.

Croatan's defeat dropped their record down to 17-8. As for J.H. Rose, they pushed their record up to 22-4 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home.

Croatan does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for J.H. Rose, they will challenge Seventy-First on Tuesday. One thing working in J.H. Rose's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 23 contests.