Alexander Central’s Walter scores 10 points,
hits a 3-pointer in girls’ 7-point victory
HobbsDailyReport.com
GREENSBORO – The West swept the East on Monday night in the annual East-West All-Star basketball games at the Greensboro Coliseum, the girls winning 62-55 and the boys winning 92-90.
MANGUM
The West girls, coached by Brad Mangum, wiped out an early nine-point deficit – pulling within one point by halftime – and had a 27-point fourth quarter to win.
It was Mangum’s first game since coaching at North Lincoln last season. He then took a job in private business. His North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA) East-West bio says he will be a varsity boys’ assistant this season at Maiden.
The three West girls from Greater Hickory area leagues – Hickory’s Gabriela Greenard, Olivia Miller of South Caldwell and Alexander Central’s Julianna Walter — combined to provide 16 points on 4-of-18 shooting and hitting seven of eight free throws. Walter made one 3-pointer.
Walter was one of three double-figure scorers for the West with 10 points, Greenard scored two points ad Miller added four points.
Game MVP Kate Hollifield of Shelby scored a game-high 18 points, converting 4-of-6 from 3-point range, to lead the West. Lake Norman’s Aly Wadkovski grabbed a game-best 15 rebounds for the West.
Jerni Kiaku (Garner) and Laney Beale (Chapel Hill) led the East with nine points each.
WEST ALL-STARS 62, EAST ALL-STARS 55
EAST ALL-STARS
KIAKU, Jerni 2-15 4-5 9; BEALE, Laney 4-7 1-2 9; McDANIEL, Journee 3-10 0-0 8; OGBOKO, Precious 2-7 4-10 8; ACKLES, Sammy 3-7 0-0 6; JOYNER, Amiya 3-8 0-2 6; WILKINS, Nyah 2-8 0-2 4; SMITH, Trinity 1-6 0-0 3; FRIEND, Kayla 1-2 0-0 2; MORRIS, Tamia 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 21-74 9-21 55.
WEST ALL-STARS
HOLLIFIELD, Kate 5-12 4-4 18; PORTER, Olivia 3-10 3-4 10; WALTER, Julianna 2-6 5-6 10; WADKOVSKY, Aly 3-10 0-1 6; McMILLEN, Mia 1-5 3-6 5; SPRY, Mary 2-5 1-2 5; MILLER, Olivia 1-7 2-2 4; GREENARD, Gabriela 1-5 0-0 2; HEGE, Emily 1-2 0-0 2; WILLIAMS, Ruby 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 19-68 18-25 62.
East All-Stars 17 9 17 12 – 55
West All-Stars 8 17 10 27 – 62
3-point goals–East All-Stars 4-20 (McDANIEL, Journee 2-4; SMITH, Trinity 1-4; KIAKU, Jerni 1-6; ACKLES, Sammy 0-2; JOYNER, Amiya 0-2; MORRIS, Tamia 0-1; BEALE, Laney 0-1), West All-Stars 6-20 (HOLLIFIELD, Kate 4-6; WALTER, Julianna 1-3; PORTER, Olivia 1-4; SPRY, Mary 0-1; MILLER, Olivia 0-1; GREENARD, Gabriela 0-2; HEGE, Emily 0-1; WILLIAMS, Ruby 0-1; WADKOVSKY, Aly 0-1). Fouled out–East All-Stars-None, West All-Stars-None. Rebounds–East All-Stars 52 (JOYNER, Amiya 10), West All-Stars 57 (WADKOVSKY, Aly 15). Assists–East All-Stars 10 (McDANIEL, Journee 3), West All-Stars 7 (PORTER, Olivia 2; HEGE, Emily 2). Total fouls–East All-Stars 21, West All-Stars 15. Technical fouls–East All-Stars-None, West All-Stars-None.
West 92, East 90
SHAW
The West used a 30-point first quarter to build a 14-point lead and led 52-39 at halftime and 69-66 entering the final quarter.
Two North Mecklenburg stars – Jordan Crawford (14 points) and Davin Cunningham (14 points) – sparked the West with K.C. Shaw of Mooresville scoring 16, Kyle Frazier of Weddington adding 13 and Olympic’s Jeme Herd grabbing 10 rebounds.
Jaxon Ellingsworth of West Carteret won MVP after scoring 29 points and grabbing 18 rebounds for the East. Trey Fields (Cleveland) added 14 points and Tristin Harkins (Pine Forest) and Hoku Fisher (Wilmington Hoggard) each scored 11.
Andy Muse of Mount Tabor was the West head coach, assisted by Duane Lewis of North Mecklenburg.
WEST ALL-STARS 92, EAST ALL-STARS 90
EAST ALL-STARS
ELLINGSWORTH, Jaxon 10-14 9-13 29; FIELDS, Trey 6-8 0-0 14; HARKINS, Tristin 4-8 2-2 11; FISHER, Hoku 4-10 0-0 11; JORDAN, Charles 3-9 3-4 9; CAMPBELL, Mikey 2-8 2-2 6; DIXON, Jeremy 2-11 0-4 4; TATUM, Jeyvian 0-5 4-6 4; PATTERSON, Demetri 1-2 0-0 2; BATTLE, Christen 0-8 0-0 0. Totals 32-83 20-31 90.
WEST ALL-STARS
SHAW, KC 5-11 5-6 16; CRAWFORD, Jordan 5-15 3-3 14; CUNNINGHAM, Davion 5-13 4-6 14; FRAZIER, Kyle 4-11 2-2 13; SIMMONS, Finley 3-9 3-5 9; CANNEDY, Zeke 1-5 6-7 8; HERD, Jemez 4-8 0-1 8; CANADY, Dwight 2-8 1-2 6; WILLIAMS, Isaiah 2-6 0-6 4; McALHANY, Dawson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 31-88 24-38 92.
East All-Stars 16 23 27 24 – 90
West All-Stars 30 22 17 2 3 – 92
3-point goals–East All-Stars 6-27 (FISHER, Hoku 3-6; FIELDS, Trey 2-4; HARKINS, Tristin 1-5; DIXON, Jeremy 0-5; TATUM, Jeyvian 0-2; PATTERSON, Demetri 0-1; BATTLE, Christen 0-4), West All-Stars 6-33 (FRAZIER, Kyle 3-8; CRAWFORD, Jordan 1-7; SHAW, KC 1-3; CANADY, Dwight 1-4; HERD, Jemez 0-1; WILLIAMS, Isaiah 0-1; CANNEDY, Zeke 0-4; SIMMONS, Finley 0-4; McALHANY, Dawson 0-1). Fouled out–East All-Stars-None, West All-Stars-HERD, Jemez. Rebounds–East All-Stars 66 (ELLINGSWORTH, Jaxon 18), West All-Stars 55 (HERD, Jemez 10). Assists–East All-Stars 10 (DIXON, Jeremy 2; HARKINS, Tristin 2; TATUM, Jeyvian 2), West All-Stars 9 (WILLIAMS, Isaiah 2). Total fouls–East All-Stars 30, West All-Stars 26. Technical fouls–East All-Stars-CAMPBELL, Mikey, West All-Stars-None. A-1,423.
