West Carteret lost against Swansboro last Tuesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The West Carteret Patriots took an 84-70 bruising from the Swansboro Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 207th, while the Pirates are ranked 25th).
West Carteret lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Jejuan Tripp, who went 8-for-20 en route to 22 points. Another player making a difference was Jay Murray, who went 5-for-8 on his way to 12 points and eight rebounds.
Even though they lost, West Carteret smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in nine consecutive matchups.
Swansboro's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jonah Holt led the charge by going 9-for-15 to rack up 19 points in addition to six assists and five boards. The contest was Holt's seventh in a row with at least 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jermaine Cunningham, who went 7-for-15 en route to 18 points and eight rebounds.
West Carteret's loss dropped their record down to 13-8. As for Swansboro, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 21-1.
As of now, neither West Carteret nor Swansboro have any future games scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
