NWC coach Ricky Moore

 

Staff report

MOUNT ULLA — Northwest Cabarrus rallied to beat West Rowan’s boys basketball team 60-55 in a key South Piedmont Conference matchup on Friday.

Both teams came into the game with spotless conference marks.

West (3-3, 2-1) got 14 points from William Givens, 13 from Levon Jacobs and 11 from Elijah Holmes.

Givens made four 3-pointers, while Holmes hit three. Jacobs was 9-for-11 on free throws.

Athan Gill made his season debut for West and scored five.

Javier Matthews made four 3-pointers and scored 17 for Northwest (5-2, 3-0).

Givens made two 3-pointers to get West started. The Falcons led 11-7 after a quarter and took a 24-20 lead to the break.

The Trojans made three 3s in the third quarter to move ahead 37-36.

West was down one with 23 seconds left, but the Trojans held on.

Mason Trombley was 6-for-6 at the foul line in the fourth quarter for the Trojans.

NW Cabarrus      7      13    17   23   — 60

West Rowan       11    13     12   19   — 55

NWC  — Matthews 17, Cabrera 11, Muldrow 7, Trombley 6, Sierra 6, Grigley 5, Thompson 4, Hilsenroth 2, Robinson 2.

WEST — Givens 14, Jacobs 13, Holmes 11, Norman 6, Gill 5, Williams-Simpson 4, Noble 2