1-20-23 roundup: Pro basketball and football, High school basketball, College football

By Richard Walker

One of the longest conference winning streaks in area history came to an end on Friday night when Huss won 77-70 in a Big South 3A Conference game.

Crest’s league regular season winning streak lasted a school-record 35 games and dated to February 2020. Including the 2022 league tournament, Crest also won 36 consecutive games overall.

The longest area conference winning streak is 101 straight wins by the Lincolnton girls from February 1951 to December 1957.

The longest area boys conference winning streak is 44 straight wins by Shelby from January 2005 to January 2009.

Here’s Friday’s other high school basketball results:

-BOYS
Kings Mountain 61, Ashbrook 55

South Point 90, Forestview 61: Dylan Bradley (13 points), Jackson Blee (12 points, 6 rebounds), Graham Williams (11 points), Aaron Chaney (10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals) and Jaquis Rumph (10 points, 5 rebounds) led South Point.

East Gaston 76, Highland Tech 49

Shelby 56, Burns 53: Daylin Lee had 22 points, Drew Hollifield 10 and Jakeith Hamiliton 8 for Shelby.

Cherryville 81, Thomas Jefferson 46: Carson Kelly (24 points, 4 steals), Landon Hahn (12 points, 5 rebounds) and Numerius Good (12 points, 8 assists) led Cherryville.

Hickory 69, East Lincoln 62 (OT)

Bandys 80, West Lincoln 76 (OT)

Lincolnton 72, Bunker Hill 67

Mountain Island Charter 43, Christ the King 41

Lincoln Charter 70, Pine Lake Prep 52

Gaston Christian 71, SouthLake Christian 62

Gaston Day 70, Metrolina Christian 60: Evan Montanari had 25 points, Deshawn Coulter 16, Callum Richard 12 and Chase Owens 10 for Gaston Day.

-GIRLS
Crest 56, Huss 50

South Point 67, Forestview 33: Lexi Birtwistle (17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists), Maddie Frank (14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists), Toney Milton (13 points, 10 rebounds), Lauren French (9 points, 7 rebounds) and Dajshia Foust (7 points) led South Point.
South Point also won the JV game 20-10 behind Tayler Culbertson (10 points, 8 rebounds), Jossilyn Wallace (6 points, 10 rebounds, 4 steals) and Jimena Conde (5 rebounds, 8 steals).

East Gaston 47, Highland Tech 35

Shelby 68, Burns 46

Thomas Jefferson 55, Cherryville 42

Piedmont CC 50, Bradford Prep 38: Grace East had 24 points, Lyric Brown 14 and Hailey Moore 10 for Piedmont Community Charter.

East Lincoln 64, Hickory 21

Bandys 56, West Lincoln 52

Bunker Hill 50, Lincolnton 48

Lincoln Charter 72, Pine Lake Prep 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

College football

East Lincoln’s Blake Bradford announced on twitter on Friday that he had committed to play football at Appalachian State.

Bradford was on the Mustangs’ 16-0 state championship team and was named second team N.C. 3A all-state defensive lineman by “Friday Nights in Carolina” and was selected to the All-Western Foothills 3A Conference team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro basketball

Here’s the 2022-23 Charlotte Hornets schedule:

(12-34 record)
October
19 at San Antonio (W 129-102)
21 New Orleans (L 112-124)
23 at Atlanta (W 126-109)
26 at New York (L 131-134, OT)
28 at Orlando (L 93-113)
29 Golden State (W 120-113, OT)
31 Sacramento (L 108-115)
November
2 at Chicago (L 88-106)
4 at Memphis (L 99-130)
5 Brooklyn (L 94-98)
7 Washington (L 100-108)
9 Portland (L 95-105)
10 at Miami (L 112-117, OT)
12 at Miami (L 115-132)
14 at Orlando (W 112-105)
16 Indiana (L 113-125)
18 at Cleveland (L 122-132, 2 OT)
20 at Washington (L 102-106)
23 Philadelphia (W 107-101)
25 Minnesota (W 110-108)
28 at Boston (L 105-140)
December
2 Washington (W 117-116)
3 Milwaukee (L 96-105)
5 L.A. Clippers (L 117-119)
7 at Brooklyn (L 116-122)
9 New York (L 102-121)
11 at Philadelphia (L 113-131)
14 Detroit (L 134-141, OT)
16 Atlanta (L 106-125)
18 at Denver (L 115-119)
19 at Sacramento (W 125-119)
21 at L.A. Clippers (L 105-126)
23 at L.A. Lakers (W 134-130)
26 at Portland (L 113-124)
27 at Golden State (L 105-110)
29 Oklahoma City (W 121-113)
31 Brooklyn (L 106-123)
January
2 L.A. Lakers (L 115-121)
4 Memphis (L 107-131)
6 at Milwaukee (W 138-109)
8 at Indiana (L 111-116)
10 at Toronto (L 120-132)
12 at Toronto (L 114-124)
14 Boston (L 106-122)
16 Boston (L 118-130)
18 at Houston (W 122-117)
21 at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
23 at Utah, 9 p.m.
24 at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
26 Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
29 Miami, 1 p.m.
31 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
February
2 at Chicago, 8 p.m.
3 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
5 Orlando, 1 p.m.
8 at Washington, 7 p.m.
10 at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
11 Denver, 7 p.m.
13 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
15 San Antonio, 7 p.m.
24 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
25 Miami, 7 p.m.
27 Detroit, 7 p.m.
March
1 Phoenix, 7 p.m.
3 Orlando, 7 p.m.
5 at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
7 at New York, 7:30 p.m.
9 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
11 Utah, 7 p.m.
12 Cleveland, 5 p.m.
14 Cleveland, 7 p.m.
17 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
20 Indiana, 7 p.m.
23 at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
24 at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
26 Dallas, 1 p.m.
28 at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
31 Chicago, 7 p.m.
April
2 Toronto, 1 p.m.
4 Toronto, 7 p.m.
7 Houston, 7 p.m.
9 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro football

Here’s the 2022-23 NFL playoff schedule:

-Wild Card weekend
(AFC)
No. 1 Kansas City – bye
No. 5 L.A. Chargers at Jacksonville – Jacksonville 31-30
No. 7 Miami at No. 2 Buffalo – Buffalo 34-31
No. 6 Baltimore at No. 3 Cincinnati – Cincinnati 24-17

(NFC)
No. 1 Philadelphia – bye
No. 7 Seattle at No. 2 San Francisco – San Francisco 41-23
No. 6 N.Y. Giants at No. 3 Minnesota – N.Y. Giants 31-24
No. 5 Dallas at No. 4 Tampa Bay – Dallas 31-14

-Confererence semifinals
Jan. 21-22, pairings, times and dates TBA
(AFC)
No. 4 Jacksonville at No. 1 Kansas City, 4:30 p.m. Saturday (NBC)
No. 3 Cincinnati at No. 2 Buffalo, 3 p.m. Sunday (CBS)

(NFC)
No. 6 N.Y. Giants at No. 1 Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m. Saturday (FOX)
No. 5 Dallas at No. 2 San Francisco, 6:30 p.m. Sunday (FOX)

-Conference championship games
NFC, 3 p.m. on Jan. 29 (FOX)
AFC, 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 (CBS)

-Super Bowl
Feb. 12 at Glendale, Ariz., 6:30 p.m. (FOX)