East Carteret has gone 8-2 against Croatan recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The East Carteret Mariners will head out to face off against the Croatan Cougars at 8:00 p.m.
East Carteret is leaving town to face Croatan after disappointing their home crowd in their season opener. East Carteret was dealt a 76-46 loss at the hands of West Carteret last Friday. The Mariners were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 49-20.
Meanwhile, Croatan really took it to Havelock for the full four quarters, racking up a 110-77 win. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 55-28.
Croatan found their leader in sophomore Kannon McBride, who shot 5-for-9 from downtown and almost dropped a double-double on 29 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Trey Jones, who went 9 for 22 en route to 24 points plus eight rebounds and seven assists.
Croatan was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Havelock only racked up 19.
East Carteret came up short against Croatan when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 84-75. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jones, who made all 6 shots he took from beyond the arc racking up 27 points plus four steals. Now that East Carteret knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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