1-8-22 roundup: High school basketball and wrestling, Pro football and basketball, College basketball and football

By Richard Walker

Friday night was milestone night for local high school basketball as a pair of Bessemer City High juniors surpassed 1,000 career points and a Lincoln Charter coach reached a victory milestone.

Bessemer City’s Janiya Adams and Randall Pettus surpassed 1,000 career points as Bessemer City swept rival Cherryville with a 75-29 girls win and a 75-56 boys win.

Adams becomes the 10th girls 1,000-point scorer in Bessemer City history.

Shameka Smith (2002 graduate) is the all-time leader with 1,774 points. Other 1,000-point girls scorers in Yellow Jackets’ history are Madison Carter (2014), Janaura Sellers (2010), Monica Adams (2004), Sheila Mackey (1982), Wanda Brown (1980), Anna Ramsey (2018), Kychelle Collins (1999) and Auny McCaskill (2006).

Pettus becomes the 13th boys 1,000-point scorer in Bessemer City history.

Tony Byers (1970) is the all-time leader with 1,907 points; He had 2,375 points overall including his total at old Lincoln Academy. Other 1,000-point scorer in Yellow Jackets’ history are Justice Davis (2020), Kevin Millwood (1993), Brad James (2013), Goldie Byers (1974), Trel McLean (2017), Michael Meeks (2014), Donald Wade (2008), Marcus Barnette (2004), Chris Edwards (2002), Sid Woody (1957) and Reggie O’Brien (1957).

And Lincoln Charter’s 61-43 home victory over Langtree Charter gave seventh-year head coach Kim Allen won her 100th game as Eagles’ head coach.

Already the school’s winningest coach, Allen has guided Lincoln Charter to five league titles in her first six seasons.

(Boys basketball)

Bessemer City 75, Cherryville 56 (Friday): Randall Pettus (26 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals), Nazari Smarr (16 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals), Keyshawn Adams (14 points, 4 rebounds), Terrance Smith (13 points, 6 rebounds), C.J. Williams (8 rebounds, 4 steals),
Jameer Holmes (8 rebounds, 3 steals) led Bessemer City.

Kings Mountain 85, South Point 73 (Friday): Zeke Cannedy had 48 points, Curtis Simpson had 14 points and eight rebounds, Maddox James had 12 points and seven rebounds and Zavion Smith had 10 assists for Kings Mountain.

 

(Girls basketball)

Bessemer City 75, Cherryville 29 (Friday): Janiya Adams (31 points, 7 steals), Dajah Hardin (18 points, 7 assists) and Tionna Pettus (15 points, 15 rebounds) led Bessemer City.

 

 

 

High school wrestling

West Lincoln 39, Newton Conover 31 (Friday) – 132: Luke Heavner (WELI) over Mason Shook (NECO) (Fall 3:57), 138: Kemp Wehunt (WELI) over Connor Shumate (NECO) (Dec 4-1), 145: Ethan Clark (NECO) over Xandor Hedrick (WELI) (Fall 0:00), 152: Mason Avery (WELI) over Jason Brawley (NECO) (TB-1 9-6), 160: Patrick Goins (WELI) over Caiden Rowe (NECO) (Fall 0:00), 170: Jordan Henze (NECO) over Levi Huss (WELI) (MD 11-3), 182: Braxton Young (WELI) over Nicholas Cadwallader (NECO) (Dec 8-3), 195: Owen Clark (NECO) over Jake Gragg (WELI) (Fall 4:42), 220: Joseph Lioret-Tutty (NECO) over Curtis Goins (WELI) (Fall 4:24), 285: Camden Sain (WELI) over Dean Berrymore (NECO) (Fall 5:44), 106: Andy Saine (WELI) over Cody Ingle (NECO) (Fall 0:43), 113: Isaiah Pittman (NECO) over (WELI) (M. For.), 120: Camden Spencer (NECO) over Logan Reynolds (WELI) (Dec 6-1), 126: Chade Norman (WELI) over Phoenix Michaud (NECO) (Fall 0:56).

 

 

 

Pro basketball

The Charlotte Hornets rallied from an early deficit and overcame a monster game from Giannis Antetokounmpo to knock off the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks 114-106 on Saturday night.

Terry Rozier scored 28 points (18 in the second half), Miles Bridges had 21 points and eight rebounds, LaMelo Ball had a near-triple double of 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and Kelly Oubre had 18 points to lead Charlotte (21-19).

Antetokounmpo had 43 points and 12 rebounds in front of a sellout crowd of 19,139 at the Spectrum Center.

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 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

 

 

 

 

College basketball

Gardner-Webb 78, Hampton 69: Anthony Selden scored a career-high 20 points as Gardner-Webb improved to 8-7 overall and 2-0 in the Big South Conference on Saturday afternoon at home.

Davidson 72, Rhode Island 68: After trailing for much of the second half, Davidson closed on a 17-6 run to win its 11th straight home game at John M. Belk Arena. It’s the longest streak since 2013-14 – the Wildcats’ final season in the Southern Conference – and improved Davidson to 12-2 overall and 2-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Gaston College 110, GaddisWatts Prep Academy 70: Sophomore Jaylen Bates scored 31 points for the school’s first 30-point game since Julian Miller did so on Dec. 18, 1971 against USC Aiken. The Rhinos, who resumed athletics this season for the first time in 50 years, improved to 10-5 overall entering Tuesday’s Region 10 home game against USC Salkehatchie at 7 p.m. at North Gaston High School.

 

 

 

 

Pro football

The Carolina Panthers will enter their 2021-22 season finale with some clarity about the future, according to a Saturday ESPN report that said Matt Rhule would be the team’s head coach next season.

Rhule, 10-22 in two seasons entering Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay, was hired in January 2019 to a seven-year, $62 million contract by Panthers owner David Tepper.

But Rhule has been under considerable criticism within the Carolina fanbase much of the second half of this season due to a six-game home losing streak and a six-game overall losing streak.

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.