High school basketball: West boys drop opener
Published 8:00 pm Saturday, November 27, 2021
Staff report
MOUNT ULLA – West Rowan’s boys basketball team has only two returning players from last season’s team that won a conference championship.
The Falcons will be tall, but young, and some growing pains are expected early.
West lost 62-43 to Mooresville in its opening game.
It was 25-22 at halftime, but Mooresville pulled away in the third quarter.
Will Givens, a junior guard moving up from the jayvees, scored 11 to lead the Falcons. Levon Jacobs, a 6-foot-7 sophomore, scored 10.
KJ Shaw led the Blue Devils with 21 points.
Mooresville 15 10 19 18 — 62
West Rowan 12 10 10 11 — 43
WEST SCORING — Givens 11, Jacobs 10, Connolly 7, Cowan 6, Holmes 4, Norman 3, Noble 2.