East Carteret unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They lost 49-29 to the West Carteret Patriots on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Mariners have suffered against the Patriots since December 6, 2019.
Estella Lewis and Lyrik Oliver certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Lewis scored 14 points, while Oliver had nine points.
Skyler Setzer went supernova for West Carteret, posting 16 points plus four steals. Setzer has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Ella Holmes was another key player, posting ten points along with five rebounds.
The win made it two in a row for West Carteret and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
East Carteret will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Croatan at 6:30 p.m. on December 3rd. As for West Carteret, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 54-45 loss against Pamlico County on the 26th.
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