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DICK’S SPORTING GOODS CLASSIC
(at Catawba Valley Community College)
NO. 2 MAIDEN 58, NO. 7 FRED T. FOARD 16
Foard 3 3 9 1–16
Maiden 9 17 21 11–58
FRED T. FOARD 16–Todd 3, Whitener 3, D. Pena 3, Abernathy 1, Sollid 6, Schmidt, Colosimo, Patterson, Hemphill, M. Pena, Hepler, Martin, Skeens, Pennington.
MAIDEN 58–Coulter 6, Caleb McDaniel 10, Richardson 5, Avery Boyles 10, High 8, Diciuccio 2, Laney 3, Boheimer 4, Ly 2, Cooke 8, Harris, Stinson, Wicker, Gabriel, Morris.
Notes: Foard has lost 12 straight games dating back to last season … Foard shot 12.2 percent to Maiden’s 39.2 … Maiden won the boards 46-27, led by nine by Dylan Richardson and eight by Mikael Cooke … Nash Whitener’s six rebounds paced the Tigers … Foard shot only seven free throws, making four, and the Blue Devils shot 20, making 13 … Maiden had 13 steals, fie by Boyles… The Blue Devils outscored the Tigers 30-6 in the paint, 25-3 off turnovers and 19-7 via the bench.
Records: Fred T. Foard 0-11; Maiden 8-2.
NO. 3 ST. STEPHENS 45, NO. 6 SOUTH CALDWELL 34
S. Caldwell 8 13 1 2–34
St. Stephens 6 9 14 16–45
SOUTH CALDWELL 34–Kenin Anderson 6, Trent Black 12, Raynor 1, Kaden Anderson 5, Kirby 4, Eggers 6, Brown, Connor.
ST. STEPHENS 45-Zeque Figueroa 11, Pyatte 7, Scott 6, Ha’Mourrii Joyner-McCorkle 10, Henry 5, Cline 6, Bullock, Powell, DeSantis, Walker.
Notes: St. Stephens shot 45.9 percent to the Spartans’ 28.3 … Teavius Henry had a game-best 11 rebounds for the Indians and Kaden Anderson’s eight led South Caldwell … The teams were a combined two of 24 on 3 pointers, each hitting one …. Figueroa hit all five of his field goals attempts for St. Stephens, which hit 10 of its 12 free throws.
Records: S. Caldwell 1-7; St. Stephens 5-4.
No. 4 ALEXANDER CENTRAL 53, NO. 5 BUNKER HILL 41
Bunker Hill 15 8 7 11–41
Alex Central 7 16 13 17–53
BUNKER HILL 41–Fletcher 9, Cummins 5, Isenhour 8, Ramseur 7, McDaniel 2, Murray 7, Sigmon 3, Chapman, Tate, Carden.
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 53–Mahaffey 2, Strickland 9, Flowers 4, Blan Hodges 18, Barr 9, Elder 6, Lowrance 5, Wooten, Stikeleather, Benfield, Kerley.
Notes: Fletcher had a game-high 11 rebounds for the Cougars and Kendall Flowers and Hodges each had four for the Bears … The Cougars shot 48.6 percent — including 52.6 in the second half — to Bunker Hill’s 38.5 … Alexander Central went six of nine on 3-pointers, with Hodges 3-of-3 and Jackson Barr 3-of-4 … There were 19 combined turnovers, 10 by Bunker Hill … Hodges hit six of eight field goal attempts for Alexander Central.. The game was tied at 23 at the half.
Records: Bunker Hill 5-7; Alexander Central 5-4.
NO. 1 HICKORY 73, NO. 8 NEWTON-CONOVER 37
N-C 14 3 13 7—37
Hickory 20 15 24 14—73
NEWTON-CONOVER 37—McCathern 5, Noah Smith 10, Davis 6, Johnson 4, Ja’Quan Carlton 10, Kennedy 2, Covington, Anderson, Reed, Haynes.
HICKORY 73—Amos 5, Jaquan Thurman 15, Ables 4, Cody Young 14, Harper 6, Abernathy 8, James 6, Devalle 4, James Freeman 11, Bell, Nichols, Long, Moss.
Notes: Hickory outscored Newton-Conover 50-28 in the paint, 29-4 off turnovers and 29-12 bench versus bench …Thurman and Nkosi Abernathy each had seven rebounds for Hickory and Smith and Carlton led the Red Devils with four each … Thurman hit six of eight field goals and Young made five of eight, Abernathy hit four of five and Freeman made five of seven for the Red Tornadoes …Hickory had 18 assists, four by Jackson Bell … The Red Tornadoes forced 23 turnovers … Hickory shot 50.8 percent to the Red Devils’ 32.6 … Only 21 combined free throws shot (Hickory 9-10, N-C 6-11).
Records: Newton-Conover 2-8; Hickory 6-1.
FREEDOM INVITATIONAL
(at Freedom High)
CALDWELL ACADEMY 72, EAST BURKE 43
Caldwell Academy 16 23 15 18—72
E. Burke 6 13 15 9—43
CALDWELL ACADEMY 72—Greyson Collins 28, Ty Cressman 15, William Collis 13, Garrett 9, Young 4, Miller 2, Childers 1.
EAST BURKE 43—Smith 7, Kistler 7, Lor 6, Gilbert 6, Weaver 4, Morrison 4, Lowman 3, Melton 3, Teague 2, Brittain 1.
Records: Caldwell Academy 8-3, E. Burke 2-10.
FREEDOM 74, ASHEVILLE ERWIN 33
Asheville Erwin 13 8 10 2—33
Freedom 22 31 15 6—74
ASHEVILLE ERWIN 33—Brank 8, Chaffin 7, Thompson 6, Burton 4, Ball 3, Silver 3, Dover 2.
FREEDOM 74—Jakari Dula 19, Fletcher Abee 16, Tobias Kanipe 12, Pearson 7, Birchfield 6, Tolbert 6, Davis 4, Logan 4.
Records: Asheville Erwin 5-5; Freedom 8-1.
PEOPLES BANK TOURNAMENT
(at West Lincoln High)
BANDYS 69, CRAMER 66, OT
Cramer 15 13 14 18 6–66
Bandys 9 20 19 12 9–69
CRAMER 66–Dezure Molden 12, Murrell 9, York 3, John Griffin 12, Glenn 7, Karr 9, Beck 2, Dylan Collins 12.
BANDYS 69–H. Clanton 2, Charlie Styborski 19, Gwyn 8, Davis Clanton 22, Ja’Tay Culliver 12, Reavis 6.
Notes: Bandys gets eighth win, matching win total of last season, with its fourth straight victory.
Records: Cramer 5-5; Bandys 8-2.