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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL
STATE PLAYOFF SUMMARIES
THURSDAY’S SECOND ROUND
3A
No. 3 FREEDOM 78,
No. 19 GREENSBORO DUDLEY 56
Dudley 12 7 14 23—56
Freedom 15 21 24 18—78
GREENSBORO DUDLEY 56—Jahree Braswell 12, wynn 7, Jones 1, Stockton 5, Brewer 4, Emmanuel Elliott 11, Miller 2, Wood 7, Dickerson 5, McCall 2.
FREEDOM 78—James Freeman 26, Bradley Davis 20, Que Garner 16, Tolbert 6, Moore 1, Birchfield 2, Rice 4, Ledford 3.
Notes: Freedom plays No. 11 Hickory on Saturday at Freedom in the third round at a game time to be announced… The Patriots have won 13 straight games … Freedom has won at least 21 games in nine of 10 seasons, which includes going 31-1 in 2013-2014 and winning a state 3A title … Freedom beat Hickory twice in the Northwestern 3A-4A regular season, 58-46 at Hickory and 70-63 at Freedom.
Records: Greensboro Dudley 17-10; Freedom 26-1.
— Reported by Rob Scott, Freedom coaching staff
2A
No. 8 LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 78,
No. 24 FRANKLIN 51
Franklin 15 13 8 15—51
LN Charter 22 9 21 22—78
FRANKLIN 51 (incomplete scoring)— M. McClure 24, C. Wilson 12, Penland 5, Green 4, Crupi 2, Jennings 2.
LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 78—Donovan Atwell 22, Oliver O’Brien 15, Jackson Porter 14, Cal Reed 10, Scott 6, Selden 5, Rinehardt 2, Newton 2, Howlett 2.
Notes: Lake Norman Charter faces top-seeded Forest Hills on Saturday on the road in a third-round game … The Knights’ Atwell, a sophomore, hit six 3-pointers and has 184 for his career, three more than previous record holder Connor Reed (181) … Lake Norman Charter has won 10 of its last 11 games … The Knights have scored 78 or more points in five games this season with a high of 87 in a season-opening win (87-49) over North Gaston.
Records: Franklin 17-10; Lake Norman Charter 22-6.
— Reported by Chet Korczynski, Lake Norman Charter head coach
