High school boys basketball roundup: Strong game for Cavaliers on road
Published 2:28 am Saturday, January 19, 2019
From staff reports
Friday’s games …
NORTH ROWAN
ALBEMARLE — North Rowan’s boys were clicking and rolled to a 66-41 Yadkin Valley Conference win against Albemarle.
“One of our stronger games,” North coach Jason Causby said. “Really proud of our effort. This was an important road win in a packed gym. Albemarle is a good team and plays well at home. I was concerned going in.”
North (13-2, 8-0) got 24 points from Brevin Goodlett, who dominated the paint. The Cavaliers got 16 from Dayjuwon Cooke and nine from Quintous Smith Jr. Derrick Page scored six points and had a solid game running things for the Cavaliers.
YVC leader North is taller and started fast, leading 16-6 after a quarter. North never lost control.
Albemarle did make a push late in the second quarter, putting together an 11-3 run to get within 33-24 at halftime.
“They had a run at the end of the half, but we responded well in the third quarter,” Causby said.
Albemarle (8-8, 6-2) had pushed North in an early-season meeting of the teams, losing 64-60 in Spencer.
Both of North’s losses came in the Sam Moir Christmas Classic.
NORTH (66) — Goodlett 24, Cooke 16, Smith 9, Page 6, Goodes 4, White 4, Robinson 2, Davis 1.
ALBEMARLE (41) — Raye 8, Burns 7, Christian 7, Williams 7, Horne 4, Currie 3, Dennis 2, Baldwin 2, Quarles 1.
NORTH ROWAN 16 17 16 17 — 66
ALBEMARLE 6 18 5 12 — 41
CARSON
STATESVILLE — Statesville’s boys were hot, and Carson was not.
The Cougars (7-9, 2-1) had won four in a row, but they ran headlong into a buzz saw in a North Piedmont Conference road game.
Statesville won 78-35. It was Carson’s lowest offensive production since a 53-29 loss to Northwest Cabarrus in the 2014-15 season.
Carson didn’t score more than 10 in any quarter and shot 2-for-13 at the foul line.
“Obviously, I’m disappointed with how we played,” Carson coach Brian Perry said. “We’ve got a lot of inexperienced guys, that’s a tough place to play, and we got off to a terrible start. Then a few calls went against us, and things snowballed. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.”
Javon Smith and Cole Perry, who do most of the ball-handling for Carson, had three fouls each in the first quarter. Statesville stepped up the defensive pressure, and Carson was down 27-7 after eight minutes.
By halftime, it was 52-16, and it was over.
“Nothing positive happened for us,” Coach Perry said. “Some of our weaknesses were glaring tonight, but we’ll regroup. We’ll fix the things that went wrong.”
AJ Mauldin led the Cougars with 13 points.
EJ Clark, who’s been having a fine season and is averaging 16 points per game, didn’t score.
Cole Perry, who had score 20-plus three straight games, was held to seven.
Jeremiah Mott led the Greyhounds (7-8, 3-0) with 17 points.
CARSON (35) — Mauldin 13, Perry 7, Washington 4, Spry 4, Jackson 4, Smith 3, Clark, Zuniga, Allen, Harris.
STATESVILLE (78) — Mott 17, Knox 13, Holland 12, Brown 12, Gathings 6, Biglow 4, White 4, Moore 4, Fields 4, Davis 2.
Carson 7 9 9 10 — 35
Statesville 27 25 16 10 — 78
SOUTH ROWAN
THOMASVILLE — South Rowan lost at East Davidson in a Central Carolina Conference game.
East Davidson took a 48-44 victory, avenging an early-season loss at South.
Nick Tippett scored 13 for the Golden Eagles (3-13,2-9), who put three in double figures.
Brenden Finger led the Raiders (1-13, 1-7) with 15 points, but South dropped its 12th in a row.
Andrew Jones scored nine. Elijah Gaskin and Barrett Thompson scored six each.
South is home Monday against Oak Grove.
South 9 11 8 16 — 44
E. Davidson 16 11 7 14 — 48
DAVIE COUNTY
CLEMMONS — Davie County stayed unbeaten in the Central Piedmont Conference with a 57-44 win at West Forsyth.
Owen McCormack led the War Eagles (14-1, 3-0) with 17 points.
Jacob Hendrix scored 11, Troy Griggs had 10, Brooks Johnson had nine, and Michael Walton scored eight.
Chaz McCombs, a 6-3 junior post player who started his high school career at North Rowan, scored 14 for the Titans (1-13, 0-3).
DAVIE (57) — McCormack 17, Hendrix 11, Griggs 10, Johnson 9, Walton 8, Redmon 2.
W, FORSYTH (44) — McCombs 14, R. Mitchell 8, J. Mitchell 6, Brown 6, Scott 4, Ayers 2, Reid 2, McMillon 2.
Davie 17 11 15 14 — 57
W. Forsyth 11 9 12 12 — 44
A.L. BROWN
KANNAPOLIS — The Wonders got their first South Piedmont Conference win, beating Northwest Cabarrus, 69-52.
Amare Haynie scored 25 for A.L. Brown (12-4, 1-2). Freshman Kheni Briggs scored 19, while Elijah Isom had 14.
The Wonders needed it. They had lost four out five.
Others
CONCORD — In Cox Mill’s 95-59 SPC romp against Robinson, Cox Mill’s Wendell Moore Jr. became the all-time scoring leader in Cabarrus County with his 2,603rd point.
Moore, a Duke recruit, scored 23 on Friday.
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DENTON — Uncommitted senior guard Bryson Childress became North Stanly’s all-time leading scorer during a 78-37 YVC romp against South Davidson.
Childress, who is shooting 43 percent on 3-pointers, came into Friday’s game averaging 26.7 points per game. He scored 25 on Friday and is nearing 1,800 career points. He had 22 in the first half.
North Stanly is scheduled to play at A.L. Brown and against Albemarle (at Pfeiffer) next week.
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WELCOME — North Davidson outscored Oak Grove in a CCC matchup, 109-84.
Themus Fulks, one of the state’s top players, scored 37 for the league-leading Black Knights (11-3, 9-0). Landon Moore scored 17, and Jamarien Dalton added 14.
Jacob Johnston poured in 34 for the Grizzlies (0-15, 0-10), who play at South Rowan on Monday.
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KERNERSVILLE — Glenn won a CPC road game at East Forsyth, 62-53.
Tray Elbert led a balanced effort by the Bobcats.
Khaliq McCummings scored 23 for East Forsyth (11-4, 2-1). Savon Brintley added 15.
East Forsyth plays next Friday at Davie.
