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FRIDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SUMMARIES
GIRLS
FREEDOM 59, EAST BURKE 32
E. Burke 6 5 10 11—32
Freedom 14 14 17 14—59
EAST BURKE 32—Ariana Hawkins 10, Hise 6, Cooke 3, Arney 7, Hildebran 6, Ruff, Chrisco, Ramsey, Smith, Haas.
FREEDOM 59—Blaikley Crooks 17, Madison Bailey 15, Adair Garrison 14, Short 2, Watkins 2, McGee 2, Rhone 2, Cisneros 3, Moore 2, Johnson, Davenport, Tate.
Notes: East Burke has five-game win streak snapped and goes to 2-2 on the road this season … Freedom is 2-0 at home this season …East Burke head coach Crystal Bartlett has 80 career wins in less than four seasons on the job … Only two head coaches – Barbara Helms of Hickory (418) and Jeff Parham of South Caldwell (359) – have won more career games than Freedom head coach Amber Reddick (311) among active Northwestern 3A-4A girls’ coaches.
Records: E. Burke 5-3; Freedom 6-0.
Reported by: Amber Reddick, Freedom head coach.
STATESVILLE 64, EAST LINCOLN 49
E. Lincoln 5 10 10 24—49
Statesville 11 19 16 18—64
EAST LINCOLN 49—Brianna Tadlock 15, Sara Rhoney 11, Katie Cox 10, A. Robinette 8, E. Jacques 3, R. Ross 2.
STATESVILLE 64—Aasia McNeil 18, Danajia Gray 12, Bowman 9, Keaton 8, Scott 7, Sharpe 6, McIntosh 2, Hoffman 2.
Notes: Tadlock added 11 rebounds, six steals, four assists and one block and Cox had eight rebounds and one steal for East Lincoln … Statesville’s only loss is to Hickory and the Greyhounds beat East Lincoln 74-32 at East Lincoln on Dec. 4.
Records: E. Lincoln 2-5; Statesville 7-1.
Reported by: Jason Otey, E. Lincoln head coach.
BOYS
FREEDOM 70, EAST BURKE 35
E. Burke 4 14 7 10—35
Freedom 22 18 21 9—70
EAST BURKE 35—Aaron Morrison 12, Coble 9, Brittain 2, Shuford 5, Lor 3, Teague 2, Propst 2.
FREEDOM 70—Michael Logan 14, Jakari Dula 13, Bradley Davis 10, Abee 9, Pearson 7, Freeman 6, Moore 7, Birchfield 2, Hemphill 2.
Notes: East Burke has lost five straight since its only win of the season, over West Lincoln … Freedom’s Casey Rogers now has 260 career wins in his 13th season as head coach at his alma mater … East Burke has scored fewer than 50 points in five of its eight games.
Records: E. Burke 1-7; Freedom 5-0.
Reported by: Rob Scott, Freedom coaching staff.
EAST LINCOLN 72, STATESVILLE 65
E. Lincoln 19 18 17 18—72
Statesville 19 10 21 15—65
EAST LINCOLN 72—Sidney Dollar 39, Adams 3, John Bean 10, Horne 7, Justin Kuthan 10, Zirkle, Nichols, Jones 0, Craig 3.
STATESVILLE 65—Devonte Knox 12, Jeremiah Mott 21, White 4, Fields 6, Holland 7, Davis, Brown 4, Biglow 2, Gathings 4, Moore 5.
Notes: Dollar set a career-high for single-game scoring and had six rebounds and six assists and Kuthan had nine rebounds for East Lincoln.
Records: E. Lincoln 7-0; Statesville 2-6.
Reported by: Chip Ashley, E. Lincoln coaching staff.