Friday’s roundup: High school basketball and soccer and college basketball results
By Richard Walker
Lincoln Charter’s boys basketball team improved to 8-0 overall and 7-0 in the Southern Piedmont 1A Conference with a 90-32 home win over Bessemer City.
The Eagles, who hosts Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy on Tuesday, had a balanced attack led by Troy Fulton (23 points, 7 of 8 3-pointers), Sam Cogan (19 points, 5 assists, 8 rebounds), Marcus Farley (10 points), Shiven Patel (9 points), Carter Seitz (7 points, 15 rebounds) and Crichton Palmer (6 points, 4 assists).
West Cabarrus 73, Ashbrook 58: First-year Wolverines head coach Jabarr Adams, a former Ashbrook player and assistant coach, led his team to the non-conference victory.
South Point 77, Burns 75
Christ the King 84, Cherryville 61
Kings Mountain 80, Cramer 54: Isaiah Tate (22 points) led Kings Mountain (7-1), which hosts North Gaston on Tuesday. Cramer (0-8), which visits Crest on Tuesday, was led by Mason Craig (12 points), Jacob Joyner (9 points, 3 steals) and Mike Downey (8 points, 4 rebounds).
Cramer won the JV game 42-38 to improve to 5-3 behind Isaiah Foster (16 points, 2 assists, 4 steals), Taelan Whitley (6 points, 17 rebounds, 5 blocks) and Trevor Gregg (9 points, 4 rebounds).
Crest 54, Forestview 49: The visiting Chargers (7-1, 7-0) stayed unbeaten in Big South 3A Conference play. Forestview, which hosts Ashbrook on Tuesday, was led by Travian Neely (14 points), Jamarion Dawkins (10 points), Jaycob Neely 7 points) and Daris Byers (7 points).
Lake Norman Charter 73, East Lincoln 47
Mountain Island Charter 68, Carolina International 61
Huss 64, North Gaston 55: J.J. Moore’s 14 points led Huss. Dylan Stewart (14 points), Alex Quinn (12 points) and Bryson Walker (8 points) led North Gaston (2-6), which visits Kings Mountain on Tuesday.
North Lincoln 72, West Lincoln 37
Thomas Jefferson 80, Piedmont Charter 52
High school girls basketball
Lincoln Charter 50, Bessemer City 35
Burns 38, South Point 22: The visiting Bulldogs (3-5, 3-4), who visit Chase on Tuesday), won behind Tishiona Strong’s 16 points. Lexi Birtwhistle led South Point with 15 points.
Kings Mountain 58, Cramer 24: The Mountaineers (5-1, 4-1), who host North Gaston on Tuesday, were led by Saniya Wilson (22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 steals, 4 assists), Khalia King (19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals) and Kennedy Barnes (10 points, 4 rebounds). Ranija Hamilton had 11 points and Dasia Harris eight for Cramer (1-5, 0-5), which visits Crest on Tuesday.
East Lincoln 64, Lake Norman Charter 58
Mountain Island Charter 67, Carolina International 12
Newton-Conover 66, Lincolnton 30
West Lincoln 33, North Lincoln 30: West Lincoln won behind Chloe Norman (16 points) and Carolina Robinson (15 rebounds). Ashlyn White’s 15 points led North Lincoln.
Thomas Jefferson 45, Piedmont Charter 44
Huss 59, North Gaston 38
High school boys soccer
Newton-Conover 4, Lincolnton 3
Huss 4, North Gaston 1
Thomas Jefferson 2, Lincoln Charter 1
Cramer 4, Crest 0 (Thursday): Drew Hooks (2 goals), Will Bostick (1 goal), Luke Johnson (1 goals, 1 assists) and Jaymon Mack (goalkeeping shutout) led the Storm (2-0), who host South Point on Monday in its next game.
College men’s basketball
Charlotte 63, Florida International 55 (OT): Jahmir Young (25 points, 10 rebounds), Marvin Cannon (eight points, 10 rebounds), Jhery Matos (9 points, 7 rebounds), Milos Supica (8 points, 7 rebounds) and Jordan Shepherd (8 points, 5 rebounds) as the 49ers (8-7, 4-3) knocked over the visiting Panthers in the Conference USA game. Charlotte hosts FIU again on Saturday at 4 p.m.
High Point 59, Gardner-Webb 55: Visiting High Point (5-9, 3-6) stopped Gardner-Webb’s three-game winning streak and dropped the Runnin’ Bulldogs to 6-10, 5-6. Jaheam Cornwell led Gardner-Webb with 16 points.
College women’s basketball
Western Kentucky 100, Charlotte 99 (3 OT): In a game that matched the longest in school history, Octavis Jett-Wilson (28 points, 11 rebounds) led the visiting 49ers (5-5, 4-1), who visit Conference USA rival Western Kentucky on Saturday at 5 p.m.