From staff reports

Tuesday games …

GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan won 56-36 at home against South Rowan.

“Too many missed layups, but overall, we were pretty good,” East coach Bri Evans said.

The Mustangs (17-4, 9-4) have a lot of seniors and are experiencing their best season since they won 20 games in 2019-20. East is third in the South Piedmont Conference behind Robinson and Northwest Cabarrus.

Mary Church and Sadie Featherstone scored 16 points each to lead the Mustangs.

Church boosted her career points total to 948. She missed most of her sophomore year with a knee injury. Featherstone returned from a one-game absence due to state indoor track qualifying and produced her best scoring game in several weeks.

Kady Collins added 10 points for the Mustangs, her fifth straight game in double figures.

Kynlee Dextraze led the Raiders (7-13, 4-10) with 11 points and has 878 for her career. She’s one of the top 15 scorers in program history.

Danica Krieg scored nine.

South — Dextraze 11, Krieg 9, Pharr 6, Morgan 5, Eagle 2, Fisher 2, Carter 1.

East — Church 16, Featherstone 16, Collins 10, Smith 5, Wise 4, Kluttz 4, Stepp 1.

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THOMASVILLE — Salisbury went 6-for-20 from the free-throw line, but rebounded well, played solid defense and was able to get another Central Carolina Conference win.

Mariana Zapata made four 3-pointers and scored a career-best 14 points to lead the Hornets to a 53-38 victory at East Davidson.

“Mariana has been shooting the ball very well,” Salisbury head coach Lakai Brice said.

The Hornets (11-7, 6-2) are in second place behind Lexington. The Yellow Jackets are having a special season.

Torese Evans didn’t have a great night at the foul line, but she was the dominant player on the floor. She directed the Hornets and had 13 points, five assists and five steals.

Zapata made two 3s late in the first quarter as the Hornets took a 16-14 lead. She made another one for a 22-17 lead early in the second quarter. The Hornets shut down the Golden Eagles in the second quarter and took a 32-19 halftime edge.

East Davidson chopped Salisbury’s lead under 10 points a few times in the second half, but the Hornets were never seriously threatened. Janiyah Fomond pulled down eight rebounds, while Keaira Spruill and Jaliyah McNeely grabbed five apiece. Gabbi Fatovic made a 3-pointer in the second quarter. Kylaih Pearson-Hasty drove for a nice bucket in the third.

“Still looking for more consistency and still need to make more layups and free throws,” Brice said. “I don’t know what to do about the free throws. We’ve tried everything in practice.”

East Davidson (6-14, 3-5) is in fourth place in the CCC.

Salisbury        16    16    8    13   — 53

E. Davidson    14    5     12     4  — 35

SALISBURY scoring — Zapata 14, Evans 13, Spruill 9, Fatovic 6, McNeely 5, Fomond 4, Pearson-Hasty 2.

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MOUNT ULLA – West Rowan lost 63-32 to Northwest Cabarrus in a South Piedmont Conference game.

Mackenzie Ortscheid scored 17 points to lead the Trojans (17-3, 12-1) over the Falcons (1-18, 0-13).

Sydney Smith scored 27 for the Falcons in Friday’s 62-54 loss to Concord.

Northwest   16   12   19   16   — 63

West             7      4     7    14    — 32

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CONCORD — Camri Hobbs scored 28 points and Destiny Chambers had 19 to lead Robinson to a 64-45 South Piedmont Conference win against Concord. The Bulldogs stayed undefeated in the SPC.

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CONCORD – Lake Norman Charter overcame an eight-point halftime deficit and beat Central Cabarrus  59-55 in a South Piedmont Conference game between two of the teams in the middle of the standings.

Reece Long scored 20 for the Knights. Daniyah Burton had 20 for the Vikings.

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CONCORD — West Cabarrus beat A.L. Brown 81-48 in Greater Metro Conference action.

London Gray scored 18 for the Wonders,

Aubrey Silas scored 24 for the Wolverines. Jillian Simmons had 22.