Brandon Reeves (20), a sophomore guard who played prep basketball at Gaston Day School, battles with Al Flagler (24) of visiting Louisburg College on Saturday in Catawba Valley Community College’s home victory in Region X basketball./PHOTO BY CODY DALTON, CATAWBA VALLEY ATHLETICS
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HICKORY – Balanced scoring led the Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) men past visiting Louisburg College 94-86 on Saturday afternoon in a Region X basketball game at the Tarlton Complex.
Zach De La Cruz paced the Red Hawks (16-5, 8-4) with 13 points while Everett Palmer, Brandon Reeves and Sal-Bey Young added 11 points each. Young also recorded eight rebounds.
CVCC sophomore Jordan Powell finished one point shy of his eighth double-double of the season — scoring nine points and grabbing 10 rebounds — and Jahleer Black also scored nine points and added seven rebounds.
The Red Hawks led 45-34 at the half with Palmer scoring 11 first-half points and De La Cruz scoring 10.
Reeves and Powell each scored nine points during the second half for CVCC, which next play on Monday at 7 p.m. to play Davidson County Community College in Thomasville.
CVCC 97, Wake Tech 85 (Wednesday)
Freshman Cole Johnson scored a career-high 22 points in a home victory by the Red Hawks.
In a up-and-down first half that saw CVCC lead by as many as five points and trailed by as many as nine, the Red Hawks led 44-43 at the half.
Byron Sanders scored nine first-half points and Johnson had seven points in the half for CVCC.
Powell recorded his seventh career double-double while Sanders had 18 points.
Tireek Wilder paced Wake Tech (10-9, 9-3) with 18 points.
— Reported by Cody Dalton, CVCC Sports Information.