1-18-22 roundup: College basketball, High school basketball, Pro basketball, football and soccer
By Richard Walker
Former Piedmont Community Charter and Kings Mountain High standout Adrian Delph was named Sun Belt Conference basketball player of the week for the second time of his career on Tuesday.
Delph, a 2018 Kings Mountain High graduate, was honored after leading Appalachian State to wins over Coastal Carolina last week.
Honored previously in the 2020-21 season, Delph averaged 20.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in the two wins.
Earlier this season, Delph surpassed the 1,000-point career milestone and is averaging 19.8 points in league contests, which ranks third in the Sun Belt Conference.
High school basketball
Inclement weather and icy roads continue to alter this week’s high school basketball schedule in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties will be closed on Tuesday.
Here’s the schedule of girls/boys doubleheaders that have been moved:
(Tuesday)
Ashbrook at Huss (ppd., Thursday)
Crest at Kings Mountain (ppd., Thursday)
Forestview at Cramer (ppd., Thursday)
North Gaston at South Point (ppd., Thursday)
Cherryville at East Gaston (ppd., Thursday)
Shelby at Bessemer City (ppd., Thursday)
Thomas Jefferson at Burns (ppd., Feb. 10)
Apprentice Academy at Piedmont CC (ppd., Thursday)
East Lincoln at North Lincoln (ppd., no date)
Lincolnton at West Lincoln (ppd., Thurday)
Gaston Day at Gaston Christian (ppd., Wednesday)
Community School of Davidson at Lincoln Charter (ppd., Thursday)
Langtree Charter at Mountain Island Charter (ppd., Thursday)
(Wednesday)
Forestview at Cuthbertson (ppd., no date)
Highland Tech at Ashbrook (ppd., no date)
South Point at East Gaston (ppd., Feb. 9)
(Thursday)
Bessemer City at Thomas Jefferson (ppd., no date)
Here are standings for Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties through Jan. 15:
BIG SOUTH 3A
(Boys)
Kings Mountain 5-0, 8-5
Crest 3-0, 8-2
Cramer 3-1, 12-1
Ashbrook 2-3, 3-10
South Point 2-4, 6-9
Forestview 1-1, 3-6
Huss 1-3, 4-8
North Gaston 0-5, 3-12
(Girls)
Kings Mountain 6-0, 9-2
Ashbrook 4-1, 8-5
Huss 3-1, 7-3
Crest 2-2, 5-7
South Point 2-3, 5-8
North Gaston 1-4, 5-10
Cramer 0-3, 2-10
Forestview 0-4, 0-11
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
(Boys)
Shelby 4-0, 6-3
Thomas Jefferson 2-0, 11-2
Bessemer City 2-1, 9-3
Burns 2-3, 3-11
Cherryville 2-3, 10-4
East Gaston 1-2, 7-6
Highland Tech 0-4, 2-10
(Girls)
Shelby 4-0, 7-2
Thomas Jefferson 2-0, 4-7
East Gaston 1-2, 7-6
Bessemer City 2-1, 7-5
Burns 3-2, 4-10
Highland Tech 0-4, 2-10
Cherryville 1-4, 2-12
OTHERS
(Boys)
Piedmont CC 1-3, 2-9
East Lincoln 6-0, 14-2
North Lincoln 2-3, 8-6
Lincolnton 4-1, 6-9
West Lincoln 2-3, 5-10
Lincoln Charter 3-0, 12-4
Mtn Isl Charter 0-2, 5-10
Gaston Christian 3-2, 8-9
Gaston Day 6-0, 17-1
(Girls)
Piedmont CC 1-0, 4-5
East Lincoln 5-0, 13-2
North Lincoln 0-5, 2-12
Lincolnton 0-4, 4-10
West Lincoln 1-3, 7-9
Lincoln Charter 3-0, 11-6
Mtn Isl Charter 0-2, 0-5
Gaston Christian 1-3, 1-6
Gaston Day 2-5, 2-10
The rest of this week’s schedule:
(Friday)
Ashbrook at Crest
Huss at Kings Mountain
North Gaston at Forestview
South Point at Cramer
Cherryville at Thomas Jefferson
Highland Tech at East Gaston
Shelby at Burns
Piedmont CC at Bradford Prep
Hickory at East Lincoln
Statesville at North Lincoln
Bunker Hill at Lincolnton
West Lincoln at Bandys
Metrolina Christian at Gaston Day
SouthLake Christian at Gaston Christian
Lincoln Charter at Pine Lake Prep
Christ the King at Mountain Island Charter
(Saturday)
Cramer at Kings Mountain
Huss at Crest
Shelby at East Rutherford
Pro soccer
The first official practice in Charlotte FC history was held on Tuesday, but after the club decided to remain in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium instead of holding training camp at Clemson University.
CLTFC will now train at the Atrium Health Dome and Bank of America Stadium for the remainder of the week.
Pro basketball
Here is the Charlotte Hornets’ full regular season schedule (with results):
OCTOBER
Wed. 20 INDIANA (W 123-122)
Fri. 22 at Cleveland (W 123-112)
Sun. 24 at Brooklyn (W 111-95)
Mon. 25 BOSTON (L 129-140, OT)
Wed. 27 at Orlando (W 120-111)
Fri. 29 at Miami (L 99-114)
Sun. 31 PORTLAND (W 125-113)
NOVEMBER
Mon. 1 CLEVELAND (L 110-113)
Wed. 3 at Golden State (L 92-114)
Fri. 5 at Sacramento (L 110-140)
Sun. 7 at LA Clippers (L 106-120)
Mon. 8 at L.A. Lakers (L 123-126, OT)
Wed. 10 at Memphis (W 118-108)
Fri. 12 NEW YORK (W 104-96)
Sun. 14 GOLDEN STATE (W 106-102)
Wed. 17 WASHINGTON (W 97-87)
Fri. 19 INDIANA (W 121-118)
Sat. 20 at Atlanta (L 105-115)
Mon. 22 at Washington (W 109-103)
Wed. 24 at Orlando (W 108-99)
Fri. 26 MINNESOTA (W 133-115)
Sat. 27 at Houston (L 143-146, OT)
Mon. 29 at Chicago (L 119-133)
DECEMBER
Wed. 1 at Milwaukee (L 125-127)
Sun. 5 at Atlanta (W 130-127)
Mon. 6 PHILADELPHIA (L 124-127, OT)
Wed. 8 PHILADELPHIA (L 106-110)
Fri. 10 SACRAMENTO (W 124-123)
Mon. 13 at Dallas (L 96-120)
Wed. 15 at San Antonio (W 131-115)
Fri. 17 at Portland (L 116-125)
Sun. 19 at Phoenix (L 106-137)
Mon. 20 at Utah (L 102-112)
Thu. 23 at Denver (W 115-107)
Mon. 27 HOUSTON (W 123-99)
Wed. 29 at Indiana (W 116-108)
JANUARY
Sun. 2 PHOENIX (L 99-133)
Mon. 3 at Washington (L 121-124)
Wed. 5 DETROIT (W 140-111)
Sat. 8 MILWAUKEE (W 114-106)
Mon. 10 MILWAUKEE (W 103-99)
Wed. 12 at Philadelphia (W 109-98)
Fri. 14 ORLANDO (L 109-116)
Mon. 17 at New York (W 97-87)
Wed. 19 at Boston 7:30
Fri. 21 OKLAHOMA CITY 7:00
Sun. 23 ATLANTA 7:00
Tue. 25 at Toronto 7:00
Wed. 26 at Indiana 7:00
Fri. 28 L.A. LAKERS 7:00
Sun. 30 LA CLIPPERS 1:00
FEBRUARY
Wed. 2 at Boston 7:30
Fri. 4 CLEVELAND 7:00
Sat. 5 MIAMI 7:00
Mon. 7 TORONTO 7:00
Wed. 9 CHICAGO 7:30
Fri. 11 at Detroit 7:00
Sat. 12 MEMPHIS 7:00
Tue. 15 at Minnesota 8:00
Thu. 17 MIAMI 7:00
Fri. 25 TORONTO 7:00
Sun. 27 DETROIT 7:00
Mon. 28 at Milwaukee 8:00
MARCH
Wed. 2 at Cleveland 7:00
Sat. 5 SAN ANTONIO 7:00
Tue. 8 BROOKLYN 7:00
Wed. 9 BOSTON 7:00
Fri. 11 at New Orleans 8:00
Mon. 14 at Oklahoma City 8:00
Wed. 16 ATLANTA 7:00
Sat. 19 DALLAS 7:00
Mon. 21 NEW ORLEANS 7:00
Wed. 23 NEW YORK 7:00
Fri. 25 UTAH 7:00
Sun. 27 at Brooklyn 7:30
Mon. 28 DENVER 7:00
Wed. 30 at New York 7:30
APRIL
Sat. 2 at Philadelphia 12:30
Tue. 5 at Miami 7:30
Thu. 7 ORLANDO 7:00
Fri. 8 at Chicago 8:00
Sun. 10 WASHINGTON TBD
Pro football
(AFC 1st round)
1. Tennessee (12-5) – bye
4. Cincinnati (11-7) 26, 5. Las Vegas (10-8) 19
3. Buffalo (12-6) 47, 6. New England (10-8) 17
2. Kansas City (13-5) 42, 7. Pittsburgh (9-8-1) 21
(NFC 1st round)
1. Green Bay (13-4) – bye
2. Tampa Bay (14-4) 31, 7. Philadelphia (9-9) 15
6. San Francisco (11-7) 23, 3. Dallas (12-6) 17
4. Los Angeles (13-5) 34, 5. Arizona (11-7) 11
(AFC, NFC semifinals)
AFC
Cincinnati (11-7) at Tennessee (12-5), 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Buffalo (12-6) at Kansas City (13-5), 6:30 p.m. Sunday
NFC
San Francisco (11-7) at Green Bay (13-4), 8:15 p.m. Saturday
Los Angeles (13-5) at Tampa Bay (14-4), 3 p.m. Sunday
(AFC, NFC championship games)
Jan. 30
(Super Bowl)
Feb. 13