North Buncombe Girls Edge TC Roberson 42-40 in Road Thriller

North Buncombe's girls basketball team pulled out a 42-40 road victory at T.C. Roberson High School on Feb. 12, 2026, a game the Citizen-Times described as a "tightly contested game" marked by "defensive intensity," "a late run," and "several lead changes." The local paper published a related photo gallery on Feb. 20 that documents the finish and postgame scenes.

Photographs and social media confirm the score and venue. An Instagram post reads, "Photos from North Buncombe's 42-40 win over Roberson at TC Roberson High School on Feb. 12, 2026 #NorthBuncombe #Roberson #HighSchoolSports #," and carries game photos that match the Citizen-Times gallery. The images and captions provide the clearest contemporaneous record available to date of the game flow and pivotal moments.

Available public data beyond the local recap is inconsistent, so specific player box scores for the girls contest remain unconfirmed. A MaxPreps entry in circulation lists individual performances, Trent Clark 28 points, 59% field-goal shooting, 5 assists and 5 rebounds; Parker Hyatt 15 points on 5-for-8 shooting; Dean Lowe 32 points and 12 rebounds; LaRon Mills 14 points and 5 assists, but the MaxPreps content includes a "Boys varsity basketball highlights" context and describes a high-scoring boys contest. Because those individual totals exceed the 42-40 team final reported by the Citizen-Times and Instagram, those MaxPreps figures appear to refer to a separate boys varsity game and should not be conflated with the North Buncombe girls 42-40 result.

A schedule snapshot from On3 adds further ambiguity for Feb. 12. The On3 table line for Thu 2/12 shows numeric fields including 4240 and "51 44" alongside team records listed as North Buncombe (13-10) and T C Roberson (10-11). The On3 row's columns appear misaligned in the available extract and conflict with the 42-40 score recorded by the Citizen-Times and the Instagram post; the On3 extract also contains a series of attendance or identifier numbers such as 4055, 5833, 8272 and 4240. Those figures require verification to determine whether they represent attendance, internal IDs, or misparsed score columns.

To clarify the official record and provide a full box score, the next verification steps are clear: obtain the official girls varsity box score and scoring-by-quarter sheet from North Buncombe or T.C. Roberson athletic departments and request postgame quotes from the girls head coaches and game leaders. Confirm whether the MaxPreps statistics apply to a boys varsity meeting between the schools and reconcile On3's table-format entries with the official scorer. The Citizen-Times photo gallery published Feb. 20 and the Instagram post supply visual documentation of the finish while those statistical confirmations are secured.

Until the official box score and coach comments are produced, the verifiable headline fact stands: North Buncombe defeated T.C. Roberson 42-40 at T.C. Roberson High School on Feb. 12, 2026, in a defensive, back-and-forth game decided by a late run.