From staff reports
Lenoir-Rhyne built a 16-point lead early in the second half and held off Catawba’s men’s basketball team 92-83 on Saturday in Hickory.
The Bears (3-0, 1-0) won the SAC opener for both teams behind Old Dominion transfer Keenan Palmore, who posted a triple-double with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
Will Perry scored 18 for the Bears. Reed Lucas had 16, and Rob Noyes had 14.
Catawba (0-3, 0-1) got a double-double from Jameel Taylor, who had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Jerrin Morrison picked up 14 points, and Rakeen Brown scored 11. Freshman Malik Constantine just missed a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds.
The Bears led 29-13 early and by 52-40 at halftime.
Catawba shot 48.5 percent and held a 46-35 edge on the boards.
LR went 28-for-48 at the foul line, while the Indians were 12-for-17.

CATAWBA (83) — Taylor 19, Morrison 14, Brown 11, Contantine 9, Ingram 9, Warren 8, McLaughlin 5, Sealey 3, Perkins 3, Marijosius 2, Barber, Sampah.
LENOIR-RHYNE (92) — Palmore 29, Perry 18, Lucas 16, Noyes 14, Bales 6, Chambers 3, Miller 3, Stenborg 3.
Catawba 40 43 — 83
Lenoir-Rhyne 52 40 — 92

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Keshun Sherrill (West Rowan) scored 30 for Augusta on Saturday in a 117-109 OT win against Paine.
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The Pfeiffer men’s basketball team (2-2) dropped a non-conference battle with Mars Hill (2-2) 90-76 in Stanford Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The trio of Mike Smith, AJ Clark and Andrew Guerrero accounted for 61 points for Pfeiffer.

Women’s hoops
Catawba’s women’s basketball team lost 72-61 at North Georgia on Saturday.
Jordan Livesay scored 17 for undefeated North Georgia (4-0).
Bri Johnson scored 15 for Catawba (2-3). Terri Rogers added 12.
Catawba shot 30.9 percent.
Catawba opens SAC action on Tuesday against Coker at Goodman Gymnasium. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

CATAWBA (61) — Johnson 15, Rogers 13, Greer 8, Ucinski 8, Hodges 4, Brown 3, Franklin 3, Newbold 3, Butler 2, Dixon 1, Tamasauskaite 1.
NORTH GEORGIA (72) — Livesay 17, Hutchins 12, Akin 11, Jackson 11, Pounds 9, McKie 6, Parker 4, Corliss 2.
Catawba 14 18 16 13 — 61
N. Georgia 20 11 21 20 — 72

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Amy Steller (Davie) scored 21 points for Guilford in a 69-61 win against Denison.
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The Pfeiffer women’s basketball team opened up the season with a 60-48 loss to Francis Marion.
Meg Pritchard scored 13 for Pfeiffer.

College football
Charleston’s John Knox (Salisbury) made seven tackles in a 47-21 D-II playoff loss to Indiana-Pa.

Prep soccer
Weddington made two second-half goals stand up for a 2-0 victory over Lee County in the 3A championship game.
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Senior striker Nick Hughes had a hat trick to lead Franklin Academy of Wake Forest to a 3-1 triumph over Community School of Davidson in the 1A championship game.
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South Mecklenburg played a solid all-around game and shut out Wilmington Laney 2-0 on Saturday in the 4A championship game in Raleigh.

Hurley YMCA
Register through Dec. 6 for Mighty Kickers Indoor Soccer (boys and girls, ages 3-4) and winter indoor soccer (K-8th grade).
Register for boys basketball (grades 2-8) through Jan. 17. Register at the J.F. Hurley YMCA or online at www.rowanymca.org
Contact Jesse Byrd at 704-636-0111 or Jbyrd@rowanymca.org