Staff report

Moir consolation games …

SALISBURY  — North Rowan senior Brittany Ellis scored her 1,000th career point and led the Cavaliers to a 64-38 victory against Carson in a Dale’s Sporting Goods Sam Moir Christmas Classic consolation game played on Friday afternoon.

Fourth-seeded North (6-3) got off to an extra-sluggish start and trailed eighth-seeded Carson 6-0 in the early going. A three-point play by Ellis got the Cavaliers on the board, but they trailed 7-5 after quarter. By halftime, however, North led the Cougars 35-17 and had things under control.

Ellis, who had three assists, got really hot in the second quarter, scoring on drives and on 3-pointers as the Cavaliers pulled away. She scored 19 of her 32 points in the second quarter and made two 3-pointers in the third quarter.

A four-year starter, Ellis reached 1,000 points with a bucket off of a steal with about four minutes left, and then sat down. The game was stopped briefly to salute her milestone.

Dasia Elder also had a terrific game for the Cavaliers, making five steals and scoring a career-high 19 points. She had nine points in the fourth quarter.

Krisstyle Stockton had eight rebounds.

Carson will take it. The 38 points were, by far, the most Carson (0-9) has scored in a game this season.

Rylee Hedrick, Julia Burleson and Emma Carpenter scored eight points each to lead the Cougars.

Carson   7    10     9      12    — 38

North     5    30     10    19   — 64

CARSON — Burleson 8, Hedrick 8, Carpenter 8. Snow 5, Baldwin 4, Furr 4, McBride 1.

NORTH — Ellis 32, Elder 19, McArthur 4, Stockton 4, Cowan 4, Oglesby 1.

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SALISBURY — Kady Collins scored 14 points and Mary Church made some clutch shots as East Rowan held off South Rowan 47-43 in a Moir consolation game played on Friday.

Seventh-seeded South (1-8) appeared to be more energetic for the 9 a.m. game, but the sixth-seeded Mustangs (5-5) still pulled it out.

East led 23-19 at halftime.

A rebound bucket by Isis Smith put East up 33-26 going to the fourth quarter.

South cut East’s lead to one on a three-point play by Kynlee Dextraze with 5:11 left in the game, but the Mustangs didn’t fold. Church hit a 3-pointer and a tough floater to put East back ahead by six.

Leisha Carter scored 11 for South. Ella Morgan had nine, and Danica Krieg, who swished a 3-pointer to help South’s comeback, scored seven.

Savannah Wise scored nine for the Mustangs.

SOUTH — Carter 11, Morgan 9, Dextraze 7, Krieg 7, Atwell 5, Fisher 2, Alston 2.

EAST — Collins 14, Wise 9, Church 8, Waddell 6, Smith 3, Kluttz 3, Alderman 2, Stepp 2.

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SALISBURY — Carson’s boys overwhelmed East Rowan 91-39 in a Moir consolation game played on Friday.

CP Perry scored 13 points in the first quarter, as the sixth-seeded Cougars (4-5) took charge early against seventh-seeded East (1-8).

Carson led 29-6 after a quarter.

After Perry, who finished with 18 points, took a hard fall and exited the game early in the third quarter, Colin Ball kept things rolling. He scored 15 of his 17 points in the quarter.

Jacob Mills scored 14 with a combination of 3-pointers and offensive boards. Eleven players scored.

East got 11 from Jonathan Wembolua, 10 from Ti’Jon Everhart and nine from Drake Jones, who made three 3-pointers in a second-quarter flurry.

Carson still led 49-20 at halftime and achieved a 40-point lead for a running clock in the third quarter.

East        6     14     13       6      —  39

Carson    29    20     28      14   — 91

EAST — Wembolua 11, Rverhart 10, Jones 9, Klingler 3, Gibson 2, Lion 2, Chesney 2.

CARSON — Perry 18, Ball 17, Mills 14, Hall 9, McGruder 8, Drye 7, Walters 6, Neve 4, Hales 3, Williams 3, McBride 2.

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SALISBURY — North Rowan’s boys beat South Rowan 77-56 on Friday afternoon in a Moir consolation game.

The fifth-seeded Cavaliers (5-4) took an early lead with dominant inside play by Jayden Polk, but South guard Dalton Young got hot and lifted his team back into the game with a spree of creative buckets.

North led only 33-31 at the break, but the Cavaliers recaptured control of the game with a strong third quarter and pulled away.

George Maxwell made some key 3-pointers when eighth-seeded South (0-9) still had a chance at an upset and scored 16 for the Cavaliers. Polk had 15, and Amir Alexander added 12.

Young scored 29 for the Raiders. Aaron Jones had 10.

“Good first half, but we got caught up in playing their tempo in the third quarter, and we aren’t capable of that style,” South coach Daniel Blevins said. “We’re getting better, but we’re still trying to play a complete game.”

North coach Jason Causby was encouraged by his team’s second-half performance. The Cavaliers bounced back from a very tough loss to A.L. Brown in the first round.

“For us it.s about playing hard, playing smart and playing together,” Causby said.

South    10    21    13    12    — 56

North    15     18   26    18    — 77

SOUTH — Young 29, Jones 10, Blackwell 6, Moore 5, Jackson 4, Overcash 2.

NORTH  — Maxwell 16, Polk 15, Alexander 12, Morrow 9, Charleston 8, Carpenter 8, Mosley 5, Alford 4.