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TUESDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
BOYS
No. 3 ALEXANDER CENTRAL 70, No. 6 McDOWELL 65
McDowell 17 14 12 22—65
Alex Central 8 21 20 21—70
McDOWELL 65—Adam Randolph, Lewis 2, Dylan McRary 33, J.C. Olivo 13, Qualgue Garner 11, Boyce 2, Handy 4, Gragg, Andruw Randolph.
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 70—Jem Lowrance 25, Strickland 6, Zach Wooten 14, Stikeleather 9, Walker 3, Jamison Benfield 12, Kerley 1, Presnell, Elder.
Notes: Alexander Central plays second-seeded Hickory in a semifinal on Thursday at Hickory with an approximate start time of 5:30 p.m. … McDowell will be idle until the state playoffs, entering them as the league’s top 4A seed … The Cougars have won two straight games … The Titans have have lost three straight games and eight of their last nine … Alexander Central also beat McDowell 60-48 in Taylorsville and 68-59 in Marion this season … Lowrance hit nine of 15 field goals for the Cougars and McRary hit 12 of 18 for the Titans … Lowrance had 11 rebounds for Alexander Central, who won the boards by nine … McDowell went 9-for-22 on 3-pointers with McRary hitting half of his 10 … The Cougars went 8-for-11 on 3-pointers with Wooten going 4-for-4 … Alexander Central shot 55.6 percent, including 63.6 in the second half, and McDowell shot 50 percent (60 percent in opening half) … The Cougars outscored the Titans 32-22 in the paint and 25-12 via turnovers… McDowell led by nine points after the first quarter and the Cougars’ biggest lead was by seven with one minute, three seconds to play.
Records: McDowell 10-15; Alexander Central 17-8.
Reported by: Jonathan Watts, Alexander Central SID.
