Chyna Cornwell, shown with a basketball celebrating reaching 2,000 career points earlier this season, cleared 2,000 career rebounds on Monday night when her top-seeded Red Devils beat No. 8 West Lincoln 73-25 in Newton in a first-round game of the South Fork 2A tournament./NEWTON-CONOVER HIGH PHOTO
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CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES
SOUTH FORK 2A
(Monday’s first round games)
No. 2 BANDYS 72, No. 7 LINCOLNTON 41
(at Bandys)
Lincolnton 9 9 14 9—41
Bandys 21 18 23 10—72
LINCOLNTON 41—Mackenzie Sand-Odom 10, Rhyne 7, Blackburn 6, Morris 5, Tweed 3, Sanders 3, Hough 3, Carpenter 2, Eudy 2.
BANDYS 72—Macy Rummage 20, Logan Dutka 15, Laci Paul 12, Olivia Little 12, Laney 7, Drummond 2, Reynolds 2, Huggins 2.
Notes: The Trojans hit a season-high in scoring, clearing 70 for the second time this season (71 vs. Cramer) … Bandys has won six straight games and 10 if it last 11 … Lincolnton has lost four straight games, seven of its last eight and is 2-12 in the last 14 outings … Bandys has three straight wins over the Wolves and is 37-8 against the Wolves since the 1970-71 season… The Trojans are a win away from their first 20-win season since 2014-15; if they get to 20, will be their 32nd time in 46 years to win 20 or more … Lincolnton’s three wins are its fewest in the last 16 years.
Records: Lincolnton 3-20; Bandys 19-5.
— Reported by Nicki Sigmon, Bandys head coach and Benny Lytton, Bandys SID
No. 1 NEWTON-CONOVER 73,
No. 8 WEST LINCOLN 25
(at Newton-Conover)
W. Lincoln 9 6 4 6—25
N-C 33 22 12 6—73
WEST LINCOLN 25—Chapman 7, Richardson 7, Willis 7, Bieberich 4.
NEWTON-CONOVER 73— Chyna Cornwell 32, Jahlea Peters 13, Grace Loftin, Powell 7, Duncan 6, Walton 2, Fox 2.
Notes: Cornwell had 17 rebounds, clearing 2,000 for her career … The Red Devils have 12 straight wins after scoring 70 or more points for the ninth time this season … Newton-Conover head coach Slyvia White is unofficially nine wins shy of 200 for her career … West Lincoln has lost 11 straight games and 15 of its last 16 … The Red Devils beat the Rebels three times this season, by 46 and 40 points in the other games … Newton-Conover has won 20 or more games in six of White’s 10 seasons as head coach over three tenures (four league titles)… West Lincoln is unofficially 15-109 over the last five seasons.
Records: W. Lincoln 4-21; Newton-Conover 22-2.
— Reported by Slyvia White, Newton-Conover head coach
No. 4 EAST LINCOLN 67, No. 5 NORTH LINCOLN 27
(at E. Lincoln)
N. Lincoln 4 10 6 7—27
E. Lincoln 20 11 16 20—67
NORTH LINCOLN 27—White 7, Wadkovsky 6, A. Gaddy 4, Seagle 2, Klein 2, A. Gaddy 2, McLean 2, Hallman 1, Ambrose 1.
EAST LINCOLN 67—Brianna Tadlock 17, Marlene Delgado 12, Cox 8, Thomas 8, Overbay 8, Rhoney 5, Campo 5, Ross 4.
Notes: Tadlock added five assists, four steals and one block and Delgado had five steals, two assists and three rebounds for the Mustangs …East Lincoln had lost three of its last four games coming in … The Mustangs are 11-3 at home this season… East Lincoln is 3-0 this season against North Lincoln, also winning by four and eight points … North Lincoln lost for the fifth time in six games and was held to a season-low in scoring… East Lincon has doubled its win total from last season (8-18).
Records: N. Lincoln 13-10; E. Lincoln 16-9.
— Reported by Jason Otey, E. Lincoln head coach
No. 3 MAIDEN 52, No. 6 LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 35
(at Maiden)
LN Charter 7 5 9 14—35
Maiden 11 16 7 18—52
LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 35—Marissa Sorivillo 10, Donaldson 6, Villanti 5, Kilpatrick 5, Miller 5, Taylor 3, Genece 1, Augier, Thompson, Peplinski.
MAIDEN 52—Cree Bass 19, Maggie Sigmon 17, Hentschel 4, Mingus 4, Shank 3, Rice 2, Andrews 2, Keener 1, Arrowood, Bohemeir, Glover.
Notes: Maiden has won back-to-back games and six of its last seven games … The Blue Devils also beat the Knights in the regular season, by 14 and 19 points … Lake Norman Charter is 3-7 in its last 10 games … Maiden is 22-19 since last season.
Records: Lake Norman Charter 8-16; Maiden 13-12.
