Topsail lost against North Brunswick back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Topsail Pirates were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 72-71 to the North Brunswick Scorpions.
| 01/17/25 @ North Brunswick | 5 |
| 12/23/24 @ North Myrtle Beach | 4 |
| 01/19/24 vs Laney | 4 |
| 12/29/23 vs South Lenoir | 3 |
| 01/09/25 vs West Brunswick | 3 |
Topsail's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Rhett Britt, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten boards. The dominant performance also gave Britt a new career-high in steals (five). Another player making a difference was Duron Vaughn, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds.
Kane Jenrette continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for North Brunswick, dropping a double-double on 19 points and 12 boards. Jenrette continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last four games he's played. Marcus Smith was another key player, going 7 of 17 en route to 17 points in addition to five assists and three steals.
Topsail now has a losing record at 7-8. As for North Brunswick, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-8.
Topsail will challenge Ashley at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Ashley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.2 points per game this season. As for North Brunswick, they will head out to face off against Jacksonville at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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