High school basketball: Hornets sweep CCC doubleheader
Published 10:11 pm Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Staff report
SALISBURY — Salisbury’s basketball teams tuned up for Friday’s games at North Rowan by smashing West Davidson in Wednesday’s Central Carolina Conference doubleheader.
McDonald’s All-America Game nominee Kyla Bryant scored a career-best 33 points to spark the Salisbury girls to a 63-32 romp.
Bryant made five 3-pointers.
Salisbury played without Haley Dalton, while Icesis Nwafor and MaKayla Noble saw limited action, but Bryant carried the load.
The Hornets (12-3, 5-0) led 13-10 after a quarter, but were comfortably ahead 35-17 at halftime over the Green Dragons (3-13, 2-3).
W. Davidson 10 7 9 6 — 32
Salisbury 13 22 13 15 — 63
Salisbury scoring — Bryant 33, Nwafor 7, Evans 6, Morgan 5, Myers 5, Arnold 4, Noble 3.
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SALISBURY — Juke Harris racked up six 3-pointers and 33 points as the Hornets blasted West Davidson 83-37.
Mike Geter and Jonathan Ross scored 10 apiece. Geter and Ross made two 3-pointers each.
Duece Walker had a hot start as the Hornets (10-5, 4-1) jumped out 23-5. They led 62-11 over the Green Dragons (2-15, 0-5) after a sizzling second quarter.
The second half was played with a running clock.
W. Davidson 5 6 12 14 — 37
Salisbury 23 39 6 15 — 83
Salisbury scoring — Harris 33, Geter 10, Ross 10, Walker 9, Brown 4, Sheppard 4, Chunn 4, Webb 3, Colbert 2, Goodlett 2, Davis 2.