Ocracoke hasn't had much luck against Croatan recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Ocracoke Dolphins just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Croatan Cougars at 1:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Saturday.
Ocracoke is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 65-23 win over Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Croatan's strategy against Southside on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Croatan blew Southside out of the water with a 90-39 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 52-23.
Croatan's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Trey Jones, who went 7 for 17 en route to 21 points plus six assists and six steals. Those six assists gave Jones a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Hilliard, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine assists.
Ocracoke lost to Croatan at home by a decisive 74-59 margin in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jones, who went 8 for 16 en route to 26 points plus two steals. Now that Ocracoke 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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