LUMBERTON — After trailing at the half Tuesday, it was a stellar stretch of 3-point shooting that got the Lumberton boys basketball team back in front of visiting Overhills. The Pirates then held on late, earning a 58-56 win over the Jaguars.

“Shoutout to Overhills, they came out here and gave us a good look,” Lumberton coach David Strother said. “They played real hard, ran their stuff real well, but we’ll take a win no matter what. We protected home court and guys made plays down the stretch. We’ve just got to keep getting better, though.”

Lumberton (3-0) trailed 30-28 at the break and 33-28 a short time into the third quarter before Nate Lawson hit a pair of free throws for the Pirates; from there, Lumberton scored on four 3-pointers in a three-minute span, with Nate Lawson hitting thr

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