1-5-22 roundup: College basketball and football, Pro basketball and football, High school basketball and wrestling
By Richard Walker
Coming off its largest win over a power five conference opponent in its last game, Gardner-Webb used that momentum to open its Big South Conference schedule with an 88-63 win at Charleston Southern on Wednesday.
The Runnin’ Bulldogs improved to 7-7 overall in their first game since a 77-60 win at Georgia on Dec. 29.
Leading Gardner-Webb in its league opener was D’Maurian Williams (20 points), Lance Terry (19 points), Anthony Selden (16 points) and Kareem Reid (10 points, 8 rebounds).
The Runnin’ Bulldogs play again on Saturday at home against league rival Hampton at 2 p.m.
Charleston Southern, coached by 1983 Lincolnton High graduate Barclay Radebaugh, fell to 3-10 overall and 0-1 in the Big South.
College football
Brad Lambert is going back to the future.
The inaugural Charlotte 49ers head football coach has been hired as defensive coordinator at Wake Forest for head coach Dave Clawson.
“Brad Lambert is an extremely accomplished coach and has a long track record of helping young men achieve great success on and off the field throughout his career,” Clawson said in a Wake Forest news release. “With his experience as a head coach and leading some of the top defensive units in the country, he will come to Winston-Salem and make an immediate impact on our program. His background at Wake Forest will help him hit the ground running as he builds great relationships with our players and gets on the recruiting trail.”
Lambert joins the Demon Deacons staff after helping being a co-defensive coordinator at Purdue this past season as the Boilermakers won nine games for the first time since 2003. Lambert, hired to start up the Charlotte program in 2011, served six seasons as 49ers head coach with a 22-48 record from 2013 to 2018.
A former defensive back at Kansas State, Lambert also has been an assistant coach at Oklahoma (1988-89), Marshall (1990-95 and 2019-20), Georgia (1996-2000) and at Wake Forest (2001-10).
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets set a franchise record on Wednesday night with their 14th straight win over the Detroit Pistons.
The Hornets never trailed in rolling to a 140-11 win that improved their overall record to 20-19.
Charlotte’s 14-game winning streak over the Pistons, which dates to Jan. 15, 2018, broke a tied with the Hornets’ 13-game winning streak over the Orlando Magic from Jan. 22, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2018.
Kelly Oubre (32 points), Gordon Hayward (19 points), MIles Bridges (19 points), Terry Rozier (16 points), P.J. Washington (14 points, 8 rebounds) and LaMelo Ball (12 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists) led Charlotte.
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 7:00
Mon. 10 MILWAUKEE 7:00
Wed. 12 at Philadelphia 7:00
Fri. 14 ORLANDO 7:00
Mon. 17 at New York 1:00
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
High school basketball
(Wednesday’s games)
Boys
East Lincoln 90, Statesville 60: Jackson Fannon (20 points, six 3-pointers), Drew Bean (17 points), Keandre Walker (16 points) and Jeremiah Jones (10 points) led East Lincoln.
Crest 91, Burns 60
Shelby 64, Bessemer City 60 (Tuesday): Randall Pettus (23 points, 6 assists, 3 blocks), Keyshawn Adams (18 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks), Nazari Smarr (11 points, 4 rebounds).
Girls
Crest 62, Burns 37: Esynce Howze had 18 points for Burns.
Catawba Ridge 65, South Point 40
Union Academy 56, Mountain Island Charter 27
Bunker Hill 67, West Lincoln 37 (Tuesday): Carolina Robinson and Rae Watson had eight points apiece and Chloe Norman had seven for West Lincoln.
Thomas Jefferson 47, Burns 39 (Tuesday): Tishiona Strong had 23 points and Maggie Earl 11 for Burns.
Upcoming schedule:
(Friday)
Ashbrook at Cramer
Crest at North Gaston
Huss at Forestview
Kings Mountain at South Point
Cherryville at Bessemer City
Shelby at Highland Tech
Thomas Jefferson at East Gaston
North Lincoln at Foard
St. Stephens at East Lincoln
Lincolnton at West Caldwell
West Lincoln at Newton-Conover
Gaston Christian at Concord Academy
Gaston Day at Hickory Grove Christian
Langtree Charter at Lincoln Charter
Pine Lake Prep at Mountain Island Charter
Arborcreek Christian at Piedmont CC
College wrestling
West Lincoln 53, Bunker Hill 21 (Tuesday) – 106: Lawson Vang (BUHI) over Andy Saine (WELI) (Fall 3:58), 113: Jack Stewart (WELI) over (BUHI) (For.), 120: Raul Hernandez (BUHI) over Logan Reynolds (WELI) (Dec 6-4), 126: Chade Norman (WELI) over Michael McFarren (BUHI) (Fall 1:18), 132: Luke Heavner (WELI) over Ethan McManus (BUHI) (TF 15-0 0:00), 138: Kemp Wehunt (WELI) over Brian Bouttavong (BUHI) (Dec 8-2), 145: Alex Betancourt (BUHI) over Xandor Hedrick (WELI) (Fall 3:55), 152: Mason Avery (WELI) over (BUHI) (Fall 1:35), 160: Patrick Goins (WELI) over Donta Davis (BUHI) (Dec 6-2), 170: Brayden Guess (BUHI) over Levi Huss (WELI) (Fall 3:20), 182: Braxton Young (WELI) over Zeke Andrews (BUHI) (Fall 0:59), 195: Jake Gragg (WELI) over Trenton Burris (BUHI) (Fall 2:15), 220: Curtis Goins (WELI) over (BUHI) (For.), 285: Camden Sain (WELI) over Aaron Mora (BUHI) (Fall 3:55).
Pro football
Here is the Carolina Panthers’ 2021 schedule (with results):
Sept. 12 New York Jets (W 19-14)
Sept. 19 New Orleans (W 26-7)
Sept. 23 at Houston (W 24-9)
Oct. 3 at Dallas (L 28-36)
Oct. 10 Philadelphia (L 18-21)
Oct. 17 Minnesota (L 28-34, OT)
Oct. 24 at New York Giants (L 3-25)
Oct. 31 at Atlanta (W 19-13)
Nov. 7 New England (L 6-24)
Nov. 14 at Arizona (W 34-10)
Nov. 21 Washington (L 21-27)
Nov. 28 at Miami (L 10-33)
Dec. 5 BYE WEEK
Dec. 12 Atlanta (L 21-29)
Dec. 19 at Buffalo (L 14-31)
Dec. 26 Tampa Bay (L 6-32)
Jan. 2 at New Orleans (L 10-18)
Jan. 9 at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m
College football
Entering Monday’s CFP championship game, here are the records of each major college conference in bowl games so far:
Mountain West 5-1
American 3-1
Sun Belt 3-1
Big 12 5-2
Big Ten 6-4
Independents 2-2
SEC 5-7 (1 game left)
Conference USA 3-5
MAC 3-5
ACC 2-4
PAC 12 0-5
Here’s the complete college bowl schedule with results:
Friday, Dec. 17
Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee 31, Toledo 24
Cure Bowl: Coastal Carolina 47, Northern Illinois 41
Saturday, Dec. 18
Boca Raton Bowl: Western Kentucky 59, Appalachian State 38
Celebration Bowl: S.C. State 31, Jackson State 10
New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State 31, UTEP 24
Independence Bowl: UAB 31, No. 13 BYU 28
LendingTree Bowl: Liberty 56, Eastern Michigan 20
LA Bowl: Utah State 24, Oregon State 13
New Orleans Bowl: No. 23 Louisiana 36, Marshall 21
Monday, Dec. 20
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Tulsa 30, Old Dominion 17
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Wyoming 52, Kent State 38
Frisco Bowl: No. 24 San Diego State 38, UTSA 24
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Armed Forces Bowl: Army 24, Missouri 22
Thursday, Dec. 23
Frisco Football Classic: Miami, O. 27, North Texas 14
Gasparilla Bowl: Central Florida 29, Florida 17
Friday, Dec. 24
Hawai’i Bowl: Memphis vs. Hawaii (cancelled, COVID-19 issues with Hawaii)
Saturday, Dec. 25
Camellia Bowl: Georgia State 51, Ball State 20
Monday, Dec. 27
Quick Lane Bowl: Western Michigan 52, Nevada 24
Military Bowl: East Carolina vs. Boston College (cancelled, COVID-19, other issues with Boston College)
Tuesday, Dec. 28
Birmingham Bowl: No. 20 Houston 17, Auburn 13
First Responder Bowl: Air Force 31, Louisville 28
Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech 34, Mississippi State 7
Holiday Bowl: No. 18 N.C. State vs. UCLA (cancelled, COVID-19 issues with UCLA)
Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Minnesota 18, West Virginia 6
Wednesday, Dec. 29
Fenway Bowl: Virginia vs. SMU (cancelled, COVID-19 issues with Virginia)
Pinstripe Bowl: Maryland 54, Virginia Tech 10
Cheez-It Bowl: No. 19 Clemson 20, Iowa State 13
Alamo Bowl: No. 16 Oklahoma 47, No. 14 Oregon 32
Thursday, Dec. 30
Duke’s Mayo Bowl: South Carolina 38, North Carolina 21
Music City Bowl: Purdue 48, Tennessee 45 (OT)
Peach Bowl: No. 10 Michigan State 31, No. 12 Pittsburgh 21
Las Vegas Bowl: Wisconsin 20, Arizona State 13
Friday, Dec. 31
Gator Bowl: No. 17 Wake Forest 38, Rutgers 10
(No. 24 Texas A&M opted out due to COVID-19 issues)
Sun Bowl: Washington State vs. Miami, Fla., noon (Miami withdrew due to COVID-19 issues)
Sun Bowl: Central Michigan 24, Washington State 21
Arizona Bowl: Central Michigan vs. TBA, 2 p.m. (Boise State withdrew due to COVID-19 issues)
(College Football Playoff semifinals)
Cotton Bowl: No. 1 Alabama 27, No. 4 Cincinnati 6
Orange Bowl: No. 3 Georgia 34, No. 2 Michigan 11
Saturday, Jan. 1
Outback Bowl: No. 21 Arkansas 24, Penn State 10
Citrus Bowl: No. 22 Kentucky 20, No. 15 Iowa 17
Fiesta Bowl: No. 9 Oklahoma State 37, No. 5 Notre Dame 35
Rose Bowl: No. 6 Ohio State 48, No. 11 Utah 45
Sugar Bowl: No. 7 Baylor 21, No. 8 Mississippi 7
Tuesday, Jan. 4
Texas Bowl: Kansas State 42, LSU 20
Monday, Jan. 10
(College Football Playoff championship game)
At Indianapolis: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 3 Georgia, 8 p.m.