From staff reports

Tuesday’s games …

SPENCER –  Bailee Goodlett received a colorful ball celebrating her 1,500th point for North Rowan, but she has no intentions of slowing down.

“Bailee Buckets” scored 37, 23 in the second half, as North beat Albemarle 87-72 in a matchup of unbeaten 1As.

Brittany Ellis scored a career-best 29 and rained seven 3-pointers. Goodlett and Ellis, uncommitted seniors, also had six assists each.

Dasia Elder scored 14 and made four 3-pointers for the third game in a row.

That’s a lot of firepower, and the Cavaliers (3-0) were able to pull away from the Bulldogs (3-1) with a 32-point third quarter.

Krisstyle Stockton had seven rebounds. Bloom Goodlett blocked three shots.

North will take on West Rowan at home on Wednesday.

NORTH scoring — Bailee Goodlett 37, Ellis 29, Elder 14, Bloom Goodlett 3, King 2, Mills 2.

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MOUNT ULLA — Several people told West Rowan head coach Ashley Poole that Tuesday’s game with Lake Norman was way more exciting than last year’s state championship game, but that wasn’t much consolation.

The Falcons lost a see-saw struggle with the 4A Wildcats on their home floor, 77-73, and said goodbye to an epic 33-game winning streak.

West trailed 42-35 after a frenzied first half that included 23 second-quarter points from Lake Norman’s 5-foot-11 Shehan sisters, Samantha and Alexis.

West (2-1) temporarily got control with a dominant third quarter fueled by aggressive rebounding and an attacking offense. West went ahead for the first time at 48-47 on a bucket by Makaylah Tenor. A three-point play by Emma Clarke gave the Falcons a 51-50 lead, and they led 55-52 after three quarters.

When Samantha Shehan fouled out with three minutes left and West leading 65-58, the Falcons looked like winners, but Lake Norman got to the foul line, forced multiple turnovers and scored eight straight points.

It was 66-all with 2:09 left after Tiara Thompson made a free throw for the Falcons, but Alexis Shehan’s three-point play put the visitors ahead to stay.

Lake Norman (7-0) was deadly at the foul line all night — 22-for-24 — and went 12-for-12 at the line in the fourth quarter.

The Shehans combined for 40 points, about their average. Kelsey Rhyne made seven free throws in the final quarter and scored 24 points.

Clarke scored 20 to lead the Falcons. Lauren Arnold had 19, and Thompson scored 11.

“Great game, great atmosphere,” Poole said. “We played hard, played a very good game, but we made a few mistakes, and Lake Norman can shoot. At the end of the day, it’s a great, learning lesson for us.”

Lake Norman 19    23    10    25    — 77

West Rowan   17    18    20    18   — 73

WEST — Clarke 20, Arnold 19, Thompson 11, Phifer 8, Tenor 8, Edwards 7.

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HUNTERSVILLE — East Rowan got a season-high 19 points from Mary Church and beat Lake Norman Charter 51-34 for a South Piedmont Conference win.

Savannah Wise had a career-best nine points as the Mustangs (3-2, 1-1) ended a two-game losing streak.

East trailed 20-18 at the break, but played better in the second half.

LNC is 0-5 and 0-2 in the SPC.

E. Rowan          9   9   15   18   — 51

LN Charter      6    14   6     8   — 34

EAST  — Church 19, Wise 9, Smith 6, Kluttz 4, Miller 4, J. Featherstone 4, Waddell 3, Collins 2.

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CHINA GROVE – Robinson’s size overwhelmed Carson for a 55-9 South Piedmont Conference win.

Camri Hobbs scored 24 points for the Bulldogs (3-1, 1-0). Li’Ara Batts scored 11. Ohio State signee Ella Hobbs had 10 points and eight rebounds.

Laila Furr and Rylee Hedrick led the Cougars (0-4, 0-2) with four points each.

Furr was 2-for-2, but Carson made only four of 35 field-goal attempts and only took two free throws.

Rachel McCubbins had six rebounds. Furr and Hedrick had five apiece.

Robinson led 43-5 at halftime.

Robinson   22   21    10   2   — 55

Carson        4     1       4      0   — 9

CARSON — Hedrick 4, Furr 4, Snow 1.

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CONCORD — Central Cabarrus held off South Rowan 50-42 for a South Piedmont Conference win.

Central dominated early by being physical, jumped on the Raiders 10-1 and led 21-10 at the half.

South made a comeback in the third quarter that was fueled by Kynlee Dextraze, She had three and-ones in the third quarter and scored 22 of her career-high 24 points in the second half. Dextraze also had 12 rebounds.

South got as close as three points — with the ball — but the Vikings, who got 17 points from Kyra Lewis were able to hold on. Lewis had back-to-back layups to push Central’s lead from three to seven when it could’ve gone either way.

“It turned into a pretty intense game in the second half,” South coach Alex Allen said. ‘That’s because we fixed a lot of the stuff we talked about at halftime. We took three charges, and that was great to see.”

South (1-3, 0-2) played without point guard Ella Morgan, who has an injured ankle. Dabrianna Pharr scored a career-high 11 for South and had a productive second quarter that helped the Raiders stay in the game.

South           1     9     16   16  — 42

Central       10   11    12   17   — 50

SOUTH — Dextraze 24, Pharr 11, Menius 2, Eagle 2, Fisher 1, Atwell 1, Alston 1.

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MOUNT PLEASANT — A.L. Brown’s girls stayed undefeated with a 41-27 win at Mount Pleasant.

Jah’nae Stevens scored 11 for the Wonders (4-0), while Sadie Faulkner had 10.

The Tigers are 3-3.

A.L. Brown                  8       9   20   4    — 41

Mount Pleasant           0      9     8   10  — 27

A.L. BROWN — Stevens 11, Faulkner 10, Flood 7, Goode-Roberts 4, Robinson 4, Bradley 3, O’Neal 2.