Staff report

Friday games …

MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan held South Rowan scoreless in the first quarter and breezed to a 71-36 victory.

South led 18-0 after a quarter. It was 39-7 at halftime.

West (4-9, 3-6) won 67-52 at South early in the season and finished off a South Piedmont Conference sweep of the Raiders. The Falcons’ other two victories this season have come against East Rowan, one in league play and one in the Christmas tournament.

West entered the game 45th in the 3A West RPI rankings and is seventh in the SPC standings. There are 59 teams in the 3A West rankings. East Rowan and South Rowan are 58th and 59th in RPI.

West put four in double figures against the Raiders. Jalen Moten led the way with a career-high 16 points. Evan Kennedy scored 15 and has been in double figures in his last six games. Josiah Young scored 13, while Ja’mih Tucker had 10.

Jelani King got going in the second quarter and led South with 13 points. Nine Raiders scored, but other than King no one scored more than six.

South Rowan      0      7      16   13   — 36

West Rowan      18      21   16   16   —   71

South — King 13, Overcash 6, Moore 4, Burris 3, Goodman 3, Anderson 2, Long 2, Littlejohn 2, Barham 1.

West — Moten 16, Kennedy 15, Young 13, Tucker 10, Graham 5, Neely 4, Oglesby 4, Ford 2, Blackwell 2.

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CONCORD — East Rowan took a 62-28 licking at Concord in South Piedmont Conference action.

Playing for the third night in a row against a quicker and more experienced team, the Mustangs had little left in the tank to deal with the Spiders and managed to score only 11 points in the first half.

It was 43-11 at the break.

“We couldn’t buy a bucket and Concord shot 3-pointers  a whole lot better than they did when they lost to Central Cabarrus on Tuesday,” East coach Trey Ledbetter said.

Concord (11-6, 6-3) was 3-for-21 against Central Cabarrus from the 3-point line, but was 6-for-20 against East. Concord got three 3-pointers each from Ty Rushmeyer and Gabe Stafford.

Rushmeyer finished with 21 points. Jeydan Beyan scored 12.

Brody Thomas, Logan Bradley and Jaden Eudy made 3-pointers for the Mustangs (1-15, 1-8). Thomas led East’s scoring with nine points.

The Mustangs played without Aiden Lino and Jude Raiti (flu), lost Jaden Reid mid-game to sickness and lost Corbin Krider to an ankle injury. Krider had led East’s effort on Thursday in a loss to North Rowan.

The 28 points matched the season low for the Mustangs. They lost 53-28 to Northwest Cabarrus.

“We knew this would be a tough week — Robinson, North Rowan, Concord,” Ledbetter said. “But we’ll get to the other side of it, and we’ll be better for having played these games.”

East Rowan   7     4     8    9    — 28

Concord         25  18    11   8   — 62

EAST scoring — Thomas 9, Eudy 5, Ailshie 5, Bradley 4, Lyons 4, Shive 1.

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HUNTERSVILLE — The dust hadn’t  settled from Thursday’s exciting win against Northwest Cabarrus when Carson head coach started worrying about Lake Norman Charter.

Lake Norman Charter, Perry insisted, was way better than its record, way better than anyone was giving the Knights credit for being.

Perry was proven correct on Friday. There was reason to be worried. Carson didn’t do much right, Lake Norman Charter didn’t do much wrong, and the Knights, who scored 44 in the second half, blistered the Cougars 74-53,  The Knights (5-8, 4-5) emphatically avenged an 86-62 loss in China Grove early in the season.

Collin McConneyhead scored 20 for the Knights. Major Leak had 19.

“We had a bad night and they beat us in every area, coaching included,” Perry said.

Jonah Drye played through some sickness and scored 11 in the first half, but didn’t have anything left for the second half.

Drye is just one of Carson’s four big scorers, but none of them had a big night.

CP Perry scored 12 points for the Cougars (11-6, 5-4) . Drew Neve had 11, while Jacob Mills scored 10.

Perry, Mills and Drye made 3-pointers in the first quarter, as Carson got off to a good start, but the Cougars started cooling off in the second quarter, and the Knights owned the second half. Carson finished with only six 3-pointers.

Carson played again without Xavier Phillips.

Carson  19    10    16   8 — 53

LNC     16     14    23  21  — 74

CARSON scoring — Perry 12, Drye 11, Neve 11, Mills 10, Martin 4, Walters 3, Rockwell 2.

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MOORESVILLE — Mooresville shot 52 percent from the field, made nine 3-pointers and crushed A.L. Brown 82-44 in a Greater Metro Conference game.

The Blue Devils (15-2, 5-0) led 48-24 at halftime.

Nolan Ericson scored 15, while Dylan Clark had 14 to lead Mooresville.

The Wonders (4-13) fell to 1-5 in league play.