From staff reports

Livingstone’s men’s basketball team needed overtime to beat winless Paine, 68-66, on Monday in Augusta, Ga.

Livingstone was in control, 34-26, at the break, but the Bears shot only 30 percent in the second half. Paine’s Khalen Pinkett was able to force overtime by making two free throws with a second left in regulation.

LC (6-2) trailed early in the overtime, but took the lead for good with a flurry of free throws. Roger Ray hit two with 39 seconds left for a 67-63 lead.

With the Blue Bears up 67-66, Jalen Fykes made one of two free throws for a two-point lead, and Paine (0-6) missed a jumper in the final seconds.

For the game, Livingstone shot well — 8-for-14 on 3-pointers and 16-for-20   on free throws.

Malik Smith led the balanced Blue Bears with 10 points.

Josh Holliday scored 17 for Paine.

LIVINGSTONE (68) —   Smith 10, Parker 9, L. Elmore 8, N. Elmore 7, McNeill 6, Lewis 6, Fykes 4, Carpenter 2, Tate 2, Livingston 2.

PAINE (66) — Holliday 17, Gaines 14, Pinkett 13, Robinson 8, Fairchild 6, Nelms 6, Evans 2.

LC        34     25    9   —   68

Paine   26    33    7    —  66

Salisbury boys lose

GASTONIA — Nothing fell for the Salisbury boys on Monday in a 67-54 loss at Gastonia Hunter Huss.

The Hornets scored only four points in the first quarter and never fully recovered. They had 17 at halftime.

“Probably the worst shooting night we’ve had since I’ve been here,” Salisbury coach Bryan Withers said. “We missed 14 layups, missed 24 shots in the paint. We shot 1-for-9 on 3-pointers and made only half of our free throws. We got good looks, but we just couldn’t get anything to fall, and then we lost some confidence. Looking at my team at halftime, I could see we’d lost some confidence.”

Latavian White and Jabril Norman were the Hornets that played the best.

“Latavian gave us a spark, and Jabril played a solid game,” Withers said.

Withers was impressed with Huss (2-0).

“They’ll win a lot of games if they play like that,”
he said. “Their bigs weren’t just tall, they were long.”

Salisbury (1-1) has a chance to bounce back tonight at home against West Davidson.

College track & field

WINSTON-SALEM —  Catawba opened its indoor track and field season on Sunday at the JDL Early Bird Duels at the JDL Fast Track. The  Indians set 13 records over the 18 events entered with freshman Brien Pittman highlighting the opening meet with a win in the 400 meters.

College swimming

Catawba’s swim teams topped Chowan on Friday night at Johnson Pool. The women claimed a 144-54 decision with the men winning 136-62.

Both teams claimed wins in 10 of 11 events.

Men’s basketball

Kyle Riddley scored 40 points as Pfeiffer beat Johnson, 134-127  in overtime, at Merner Gym.

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The player of the week for SAC men’s basketball is Wingate guard Marco Haskins, who averaged 22.5 points and 11 rebounds.

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Former North Stanly star Luke Gibson scored 21 points in Newberry’s SAC win against Mars Hill on Saturday.

Women’s basketball

Anderson’s Alexy Mollenhauer racked up her fifth and sixth double-doubles of the sesaon and took SAC player of the week honors.

All-SPC football

A.L. Brown’s Jordan Medley, Justin Holsclaw, Jalen Goode, Jnaz Jordan and Steven Robinson were  on the all-conference list released by the league on Monday.

Northwest Cabarrus players on the list are Nick Wilds-Lawing,  IJ Sturdivant, Braxton Shipp, CJ Ward, Karsen Perkins, Eli Eason, Andre Hill, Sam Walker, Joe Camara and Tyrese Blake.

Blake was the league’s offensive player of the year, while Camara took defensive honors.

Northwest’s Brandon Gentry is the coach of the year. The special teams player of the year is  Central Cabarrus’ DeAndre Boykins.

NFL

Pittsburgh nose tackle Javon Hargrave (North Rowan) had another sack Sunday and has 6.5 for the season.

He’s been in on 39 tackles this season.

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Cleveland’s Chris Smith (West Rowan) had two tackles on Sunday and has 17 for the season.

HS basketball

Lexington’s girls defeated Winston-Salem Prep, 59-31, on Monday.

The Yellow Jackets (5-) were led by   Danasia Bray  with 17  points and Mikenzie Harvin with 12.

Mid. school boys

Knox defeated Erwin,  63-12.

Leading scorer for Knox was Jayden “Juke “ Harris with 13 points.

Tyreze Miller added 10 points, and Jalen Chunn had nine for the Trojans. C.J. Toomer and JyMikaah Wells scored eight each. Rasheem Wilson added seven.

Mid. school girls

Erwin won against Corriher, 54-24. Haley Dalton scored 16 points, Leah Hinceman scored 12,  Icesis Nwafor had seven, Peyton Whicker scored six, and Anasty Faavesi added five.

Erwin (7-0) plays at North Rowan on Thursday.