1-28-22 roundup: Middle school basketball, College basketball, Pro basketball and football
By Richard Walker
Cramer’s Will Kelly became the eighth Gaston County boys basketball player to score 50 points in a game in Friday’s 85-67 win at Huss.
Kelly, a senior who earlier this week surpassed 1,500 career points, had 50 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals.
Also for the Storm (15-3, 6-3 Big South 3A), Frankie Verdezas had seven points, four assists, three steals and five deflections.
Bessemer City’s Randall Pettus set the county record with 60 points last year and Bessemer City’s Tony Byers (59 in 1969), Stanley’s Don Buckner (52 in 1955), Gaston Day’s Brandis Raley (52 in 2004), Dallas’ Donald Elliott (51 in 1970), Cherryville’s Kenny Poston Jr. (51 in 2014) and Cherryville’s Lane Harrill (51 in 2019) also have scored 50 or more points in county history.
Here are Friday’s other results:
(Boys)
Crest 75, South Point 62: Crest (12-2, 7-0) won its 20th straight Big South 3A conference game.
Kings Mountain 84, Forestview 60: Zeke Cannedy (38 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists), Maddox James (24 points, 9 rebounds) and Curtis Simpson (9 points, 9 rebounds) led Kings Mountain.
East Lincoln 86, West Iredell 41: Drew Bean had 17 points and Keandre Walker 12 for East Lincoln (17-2, 9-0)00.
Lincolnton at Bandys (ppd., no date)
Bessemer City 68, Cherryville 53 (Thursday): Randall Pettus (22 points, 6 assists, 5 steals, 5 rebounds), Terrance Smith (17 points, 14 rebounds), Nazari Smarr (14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals) and Keyshawn Adams (10 points, 11 rebounds).
(Girls)
Kings Mountain 62, Forestview 40: Saniya Wilson (8 points, 9 assists, 12 rebounds), Khalia King (22 points, 7 rebounds), Alayna Patrick (7 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals) and CoRey Simpson (8 points, 9 rebounds) led Kings Mpuntain.
Crest 43, South Pount 25: De’kaylia Davis had 16 points for Crest and Maddie Frank (8 points, 8 rebounds), Abby King (5 points, 7 rebounds), Dajshia Foust (5 points) and Toney Milton (5 points, 5 rebounds) led South Point.
Huss 69, Cramer 37: Ariyah Graham had 15 points and Anyssiah Love 13 for Huss and Hadley Womack (21 points, 8 steals), Dasia Harris (7 points) and Zoey Morris (7 points) led Cramer.
Piedmont Community Charter 53. Sugar Creek 13: Grace East gad 15 points, Kaylee Nolen 13, Lyric Brown 11 and Hailey Moore 10 for Piedmont Community Charter.
Lincolnton at Bandys (ppd., no date)
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets snapped a six-game losing streak to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday with a 117-114 win in front of a sellout crowd of 19,469 at Spectrum Center.
Miles Bridges (26 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists), Ish Smith (22 points, 5 assists), LaMelo Ball (20 points, 7 rebounds), Terry Rozier (20 points, 6 rebounds) and Mason Plumlee (8 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists) led Charlotte (28-22), which has won nine of the last 12 games,
Russell Westbrook had a game-high 35 points for the Lakers, who played without LeBron James (left knee), Anthony Davis (right wrist) and former Hornet Malik Monk (left groin).
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 (W 111-102)
Fri. 21 OKLAHOMA CITY (W 121-98)
Sun. 23 ATLANTA (L 91-113)
Tue. 25 at Toronto (L 113-125)
Wed. 26 at Indiana (W 158-126)
Fri. 28 L.A. LAKERS (W 117-114)
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
Middle school basketball
Here are standings through Thursday’s games:
(Boys)
Belmont 2-0
Southwest 2-0
Grier 1-0
Holbrook 1-0
Cramerton 1-1
Mount Holly 1-1
Stanley 1-1
York Chester 1-1
Bessemer City 0-2
Chavis 0-2
W.C. Friday 0-2
(Girls)
Belmont 2-0
Cramerton 2-0
Holbrook 1-0
Chavis 1-1
W.C. Friday 1-1
Mount Holly 1-1
Southwest 1-1
Stanley 1-1
Grier 0-1
Bessemer City 0-2
York Chester 0-2
This week’s schedule:
(Monday)
Grier at Cramerton
Holbrook at Chavis
Mount Holly at Bessemer City
Southwest at Belmont
Stanley at York Chester
(Thursday)
Belmont at Holbrook
Bessemer City at Grier
Chavis at W.C. Friday
Stanley at Southwest
York Chester at Mount Holly
College basketball
Belmont Abbey 114, Mount Olive 54: The Crusaders (10-8, 8-6) put six players in double figures in the Abbey’s largest Conference Carolinas win in school history. The previous record margin for a league victory came in the 2001-02 season when the Crusaders won by 53 at Lees-McRae (116-73).
Pro football
The 2021-22 NFL playoffs:
(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 (12-7) 19, Tennessee (12-6) 16
Kansas City (14-5) 42, Buffalo (12-7) 36, OT
NFC
San Francisco (12-7) 13, Green Bay (13-5) 10
Los Angeles (14-5) 30, Tampa Bay (14-5) 27
(AFC, NFC championship games)
NFC
San Francisco (12-7) at Los Angeles (14-5), 6:30 p.m.
AFC
Cincinnati (12-7) at Kansas City (14-5), 3 p.m.
(Super Bowl)
Feb. 13, 6:30 p.m.