College basketball roundup: Nwafor hot for Bluefield State; breakout game for Tee Harris

Published 8:10 pm Saturday, November 9, 2024

 

 

From staff reports

CLEMSON, S.C. — Kyla Bryant (Salsibury) scored 11 points for North Carolina Central in Thursday’s 91-33 loss at Clemson.

Bryant had three rebounds and three assists. Clemson led 45-11 at the half.

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BLUEFIELD, W. Va. — Icesis Nwafor scored 13 points on 6-for-7 shooting and helped Bluefield State beat Clarion 66-65 on Saturday.

Hannah Wilkerson (North Rowan) had eight points and 10 rebounds for Clarion.

On Sunday, Wilkerson had 15 points and six rebounds and made the game-winning shot in a 72-71 win against Livingstone.

Nwafor played a productive 11 minutes off the bench for Bluefield State on Sunday, contributing eight points and four rebounds in a 72-71 win against Mansfield.

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MISENHEIMER — Hannah Isley (Carson) scored eight points as Pfeiffer started the season with a 66-56 home loss to Johnson & Wales.

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GREENSBORO — Guilford opened the season with a 104-49 romp against Meredith on Saturday.

Carleigh Perry (Carson) had five points, four assists and seven steals for the Quakers.

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WILMINGTON — De’Mya Phifer (West Rowan) is on the team at Cape Fear Community College.

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MARS HILL — Freshman Lauren Arnold (West Rowan) only played a minute in a Mars Hill’s 61-59, two-OT win against Belmont Abbey, but had two rebounds.

In Mars Hill’s 84-64 romp against Southern Wesleyan on Saturday, Arnold scored her first two points for the Lions.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Bethany Rymer (South Rowan) had a double-double on Tuesday.

She had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Columbia International in a 60-52 loss to Voorhees.

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CHARLOTTE — D’Ajua Cuthbertson (West Rowan) has been getting substantial minutes in Johnson & Wales’ first three games.

Cuthbertson had two points, two steals and two assists in win over Pfeiffer.

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MaKayla Noble (Salisbury) missed Albany’s opener with a strained meniscus.

 

Men

WINSTON-SALEM — Juke Harris (Salisbury) scored eight points in Salisbury’s first two games.

Harris had 11 points and five rebounds in Wake Forest’s 72-70 win against Michigan in Greensboro on Sunday.

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WEST LIBERTY — Wheeling lost 107-83 to Bluefield State in a season opener on Friday despite a big game by Wheeling’s Tee Harris (East Rowan).

Harris played 34 minutes and had 19 points, five rebounds and three blocks. He made three 3-pointers.

On Saturday. Harris had eight points and 12 rebounds as Wheeling pounded West Chester 84-64.