From staff reports

Friday games …

CHINA GROVE — Jacob Mills and Drew Neve made five 3-pointers each and Carson survived 60-57 against a West Rowan team that has gotten a lot better in the last two weeks.

“We were able to sneak it out,” Carson head coach Brian Perry said, after the Cougars staged a fourth-quarter comeback. Evan Kennedy killed us, and West played very well. We’re thankful to win. We were fortunate to get this one.”

Carson (12-6, 7-3) had smashed West 70-47 in Mount Ulla early in the season, but this time it was 18-all after a quarter.

Carson’s CP Perry had a sore back and hip but was able to play after taking a bad fall on a drive at Central Cabarrus on Thursday. He was injured again. He suffered a gash on the back of his head near the end of the first quarter. It took some time to stop the bleeding and he missed a big chunk of the game. He scored eight of his 12 points in the first quarter.

“He’s taken a beating the last few days,” Coach Perry said.

Mills made three 3-pointers in the second quarter of the South Piedmont Conference game to help the Cougars take a 34-32 halftime lead.

Kennedy got hot in the third quarter. That’s when he scored 11 of his 21 points, and the Falcons (5-10, 3-7) outplayed the Cougars for a long stretch. Neve made three 3s in the quarter to keep Carson close. West took a 52-46 lead to the final quarter, but couldn’t hold it.

West scored only five points in the final quarter, while Carson got 3s from Perry, Neve and Mills.

Neve scored 19 points, while Mills had 17. Jonah Drye had two of Carson’s 13 3-pointers and scored eight.

Jalen Moten had 12 points for West and made two 3-pointers. Josiah Young had 11.

West Rowan     18    14    20   5   — 57

Carson               18     16    12   14   — 60

West — Kennedy 21, Moten 12, Young 11, Graham 6, Ford 6, Tucker 1.

Carson — Neve 19, Mills 17, Perry 12, Drye 8, Martin 2, Rockwell 2.

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SPENCER — North Rowan scored 30 points in the first quarter and went on to destroy South Davidson 93-50 in Central Carolina Conference action.

It was a breezy night for the Cavaliers (8-6, 5-1), who got 23 points from Dyzarious Carpenter and a career-best 20 from Carter Williams. Williams  had six steals.

JP Polk had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

KaMahri Feamster and Emari Russell scored 10 each. Russell and Jo Jo Tarver combined for 13 assists.

Myles Scercy scored 16 for the Wildcats (1-15, 1-6).

S. Davidson     8    19   8    15   ‚— 50

North Rowan  30   21   22  20  — 93

NORTH scoring — D. Carpenter 23, Williams 20, Polk 11, Feamster 10, Russell 10, Mosley 4, Jefferies 4, M. Alford 3, Goad 2, Tarver 2, Brown 2, Sullivan 2

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LANDIS — South Rowan shocked the world — for a quarter.

The Raiders led Concord 14-12 after eight minutes, but it was only a wakeup call for the Spiders. They outscored South 26-2 in the second quarter to take control and went on to a 77-45 South Piedmont Conference victory.

“We played very well in the first quarter and also in the third quarter,” South interim head coach Justin Pauley. “But in the second quarter, they got on a run and we couldn’t hit any shots to counter it.”

Jayden Beyan scored 19 for the Spiders (12-6, 7-3), while Ty Rushmeyer had 18.

Carter Rohletter and Jadon Moore had 11 each for the Raiders (1-17, 0-11). Rohletter and Brooks Overcash made two 3-pointers each.

Concord    12   26  18   21   — 77

South        14     2    18   11    — 45

SOUTH scoring — Rohletter 11, Moore 11, Overcash 6, Ritchie 6, Littlejohn 6, King 3, Collins 2.

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CONCORD — East Rowan stayed in a South Piedmont Conference game at Central Cabarrus for the first 10 minutes.

When Jaden Reid hit a cutting Logan Bradley for a three-point play with 5:50 left in the second quarter, the Mustangs were only down 19-13, but Central ran off 10 straight points to take control and led 30-18 at halftime.

When the Vikings opened the second half with a 9-0 run for 39-18 it was over. The final was 70-39.

Central was very active on the offensive glass and outmuscled and overpowered the younger, thinner Mustangs, at times.

Brady Ailshie scored eight for East. Brody Thomas and Aiden Lino scored seven each. and Bradley and Jaxon Lyons got six apiece. Lyons is an athletic freshman who recently moved up to the varsity

East Rowan    6    12    10    11   — 39

Central           16   14     23   17    — 70

EAST scoring — Ailshie 8, Thomas 7, Lino 7, Bradley 6, Lyons 6, Eudy 5.