From staff reports

Friday games …

SPENCER —  High-flyer Dyzarious Carpenter returned to the lineup and scored a career-high 31 points as North Rowan pounded East Davidson 87-42 in Central Carolina Conference action.

Carpenter made two 3-pointers in the first quarter to get the Cavaliers (3-1, 3-0) rolling. North led 23-10 after a quarter.

Carter Williams had an explosive, nine-point second quarter as North built a 47-23 halftime lead.

North held East Davidson (1-9, 0-2) to two points in the fourth quarter.

Emari Russell scored 14 for the Cavaliers. Williams had 12.

Tegin Hedrick and  Dayln Grady scored 16 each for the Golden Eagles.

East Davidson    10   13    17   2   — 42

North Rowan      23  24     26  14  — 87

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DENTON — Well, South Davidson’s boys basketball team can say that it led Salisbury for a while.

The Wildcats led 1-0 after two minutes on Friday, but a dunk by Blake Smith got the Hornets on the board and triggered a 22-0 run.

It was 22-1 before South Davidson finally added another free throw, and Salisbury rolled to a breezy night in a 100-30 Central Carolina Conference romp.

Myles Smith had dunks for 12-1, 14-1 and 18-1, as the Hornets got a pile of transition points off their defense.

The Hornets (6-3, 3-0) led 51-18 at halftime, achieved a running clock with a 40-point lead very early in the second half and pummeled the Wildcats (0-10, 0-3) with a 35-point third quarter.

Torian Brown’s scoop with about 1:30 left gave the Hornets the century mark.

Myles Smith scored a season-high 27 points, Braylon Taylor scored 20, and Tre Davis had a career-high 18.

Salisbury              22  29   35   14    — 100

S. Davidson          5    13    5     7    — 30

SALISBURY scoring — M. Smith 27, Taylor 20, Davis 18, Matthews 6, Cherry 6, House 6, Webb 4, Brown 4, B. Smith 4, Epps 3, Hairston 2.