Lumberton drops heartbreaker against Jack Britt

Lumberton’s Chris Hammonds (20) and Jack Britt’s Julius Williams (2) fight for a rebound during Thursday’s game in Lumberton. Jacob Husson | The Robesonian

LUMBERTON — The Lumberton Pirates fell to the Jack Britt Buccaneers on Thursday, 64-62. It was a back-and-forth game and neither team was able to pull away for any significant chunk of time.

“Anytime you turn the ball over 21 times, you don’t deserve to win,” Lumberton head coach David Strother said after the first loss of the season for the Pirates (6-1). “We have been lucky in the last two games getting away with wins, but if we want to win at a high level, we can’t turn the ball over 21 times.”…

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