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THURSDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES
SOUTH FORK 2A
(Semifinals)
No. 2 BANDYS 76,
No. 6 EAST LINCOLN 68, 2 OTs
E. Lincoln 16 13 6 17 11 5—68
Bandys 14 11 8 19 11 13—76
EAST LINCOLN 68—Brianna Tadlock 40, Cox 8, Rhoney 7, Ross 7, A. Giles-Robinette 4, Campo 2.
Brianna Tadlock of East Lincoln scored 40 points on Thursday night, keeping the sixth-seeded Mustangs’ pressure on second-seeded Bandys before the host Trojans rallied to win a South Fork 2A semifinal 76-68 in double overtime./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO
BANDYS 76—Logan Dutka 26, Macy Rummage 20, Laci Paul 11, De La Canal 7, E. Dutka 6, Wilson 4, McLean 2, Culliver, Mirman.
Notes: Bandys will battle top-seeded Newton-Conover the title on Friday at 7 p.m. at Lincolnton … The Trojans’ win locked up the league’s automatic No. 2 state playoff bid, eliminating the possibility of a Friday afternoon game against Lincolnton at Maiden to break that tie (Bandys and Lincolnton shared second place in the regular season and Bandys won a holiday tournament game over the Wolves but those games are used only to break ties for league tourney seedings) … Tadlock also had eight rebounds, four assists, two steals and one block for East Lincoln … Logan Dutka scored eight points over the final two minutes over overtime for Bandys … The Trojans have won four straight games, their longest win streak of the season … Bandys beat East Lincoln 55-42 at Bandys and East Lincoln won 52-48 at East Lincoln during the season … The Mustangs entered the season with six straight wins over Bandys… Bandys leads the series 48-28 since 1970-71 … The Trojans will play for a conference tourney title for the 34th time since 1960.
Records: E. Lincoln 8-17; Bandys 16-7.
Reported by: Nicki Sigmon, Bandys head coach; Benny Lytton, Bandys SID; Jason Otley, E. Lincoln head coach.
No. 1 NEWTON-CONOVER 64, No. 4 MAIDEN 33
Maiden 11 6 7 9—33
N-C 12 14 22 16—64
MAIDEN 33— Morgan Boheimer 11, Andrews 9, Sigmon 4, Arrowood 4, Mingus 3, Rice 2.
NEWTON-CONOVER 64—Chyna Cornwell 40, Tamiya Artis 10, Peters 4, Walton 4, Fox 4, Loftin 2.
Notes: Top-seeded Newton-Conover has won 21 straight games and plays second-seeded Bandys for the title on Friday at 7 p.m. at Lincolnton … Maiden is 3-3 in its last six games … The Red Devils picked up career win No. 167 for head coach Sylvia White, who is in her third tenure as their head coach … Newton-Conover also beat Maiden 81-37 in Newton and 72-60 at Maiden this season … The Red Devils have their most wins since going 25-4 in 2010-2011 … Maiden has won at least 10 games in each of the previous five seasons… In the last 41 years, the Blue Devils failed to reach double-digits wins in 26 different seasons.
Records: Maiden 9-17; Newton-Conover 22-4.
Reported by: Sylvia White, Newton-Conover head coach.
NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A
(Semifinals at East Burke)
No. 3 BUNKER HILL 57, No. 2 PATTON 41
Bunker Hill 17 6 20 14—57
Patton 6 10 9 16—41
BUNKER HILL 57—Addie Wray 30, Maddie Stotts 14, White 5, Bryant 3, Hamlett 3, Lineberger 2, Robinson, Stoker, Miller, Isenhour.
PATTON 41—Reese Fisher 15, Hemphill 9, King 6, Hawkins 4, Causby 4, Brown 3.
Notes: Bunker Hill plays top-seeded East Burke in the tournament final at East Burke on Friday at 6:30 p.m. … The Bears’ win broke the tie for second place between Bunker Hill and Patton, who had split in the regular season — Bunker Hill takes the No. 2 (automatic) bid win or lose on Friday night while Patton will wait to see if it gets into the postseason via an at-large spot … Bunker Hill has won back-to-back games and six of its last seven … The Panthers had a four-game win streak snapped … In the regular season, Patton won 70-50 at home and Bunker Hill won 59-47 at home … Patton is now 35-28 under head coach Autumn Ward … The Bears have now won 70 games under head coach Randy Joines, in his ninth year at The Hill … Bunker Hill last won 20 games in in 2008-2009 (24-6) and has won 20 or more 14 times since 1978-79… Patton’s most wins in school history is 19 in 2012-2013.
Records: Bunker Hill 19-7; Patton 18-8.
Reported by: Randy Joines, Bunker Hill head coach.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
(Semifinals at Hickory)
No. 1 FREEDOM 50, No. 4 WATAUGA 47
Watauga 5 16 5 21—47
Freedom 7 16 11 16—50
WATAUGA 47—Brooke Byrd 14, Breylin Sturgill 13, Haas 4, Farthing 8, Ward 2, Bolick 2, Lipford 2, Hodges 2.
FREEDOM 50—Blaikley Crooks 22, Madison Bailey 16, Short 1, Rhone 5, Garrison 6, McGee, Cisneros, Moore, Davenport.
Notes: Top-seeded Freedom plays second-seeded Hickory in the tournament title game on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Hickory … Freedom has won 17 straight games … Watauga had a two-game win streak snapped … The Patriots also beat the Pioneers 47-38 in Morganton and 51-40 in Boone this season … Freedom head coach Amber Reddick, in her 15th season, has 330 career wins … The Patriots have won at least 25 games in three of four seasons and 12 times since 1978-79 … Watauga will await to see if it earns a state 3A bid, as Hickory picked up the league’s No. 2 automatic bid by reaching the tournament final (HHS, Watauga and McDowell tied for second place with McDowell in as the league’s No. 1 4A team, leaving Hickory and Watauga still tied) …Had both Watauga and Hickory lost in the semifinals, they would have had to play a special playoff game to determine No. 2 unless they mutually agreed to break the tie by another means; that game was set up to be played Friday at South Caldwell but is now not needed).
Records: Watauga 16-9; Freedom 25-1.
Reported by: Amber Reddick, Freedom head coach.
