West Carteret entered their match against White Oak on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The West Carteret Patriots were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 64-63 to the White Oak Vikings. 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 218th, while the Vikings are ranked 81st).
West Carteret lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jack Bell, who posted 14 points. Jay Murray was another key player, going 5 for 11 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.
White Oak got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Camron Myers out in front who went 8 of 10 en route to 21 points in addition to seven boards and three steals. Those three steals gave Myers a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Trevor Highsmith, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 13 rebounds.
West Carteret's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5. As for White Oak, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Richlands the next time they take the court. West Carteret will host Richlands at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, while White Oak will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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