Friday’s girls’ high school basketball rewind: No. 6 Independence rolls past rival Butler
Scroll down for full coverage of Friday’s girls’ basketball action in the Charlotte area.
Friday’s #BIG5 girls’ top performers
Kiara Anderson, East Lincoln: In a win over rival North Lincoln, Anderson had 25 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four steals. She also took a charge.
Amani Barner, Myers Park: In a 78-47 win over South Meck, Barner, a freshman, had 15 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, three steals and two blocks.
Amya Graham, South Point: In a 68-10 win over North Gaston, Graham had 19 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. She scored her 1,000th career point.
Infiniti Green, Sugar Creek Charter: In a 47-22 win over Valor Prep, Green had eight points, 10 rebounds, five steals and five assists.
Elle Stone, Mallard Creek: In a 67-20 win over Chambers, Stone, a junior, had 19 points, nine rebounds, five steals and three assists.
Friday’s girls’ box scores
▪ Observer Sweet 16 rankings included
NO. 1 LAKE NORMAN 76, MOORESVILLE 48
Mooresville 10 9 15 14 — 48
Lake Norman 23 14 26 13 — 76
Mooresville: 10 9 15 14 - 48
Lake Norman: 23 14 26 13 - 76
MOORESVILLE 48 — Gia Lowe 14, Inman 9, Parker 9, Lane 9
Notable: For Mooresville, Gia Lowe had 14 points, 14 rebounds, six blocks.
Records: Mooresville 3-20; Lake Norman 23-1
NO. 3 MALLARD CREEK 67, CHAMBERS 20
Mallard Creek 23 19 15 10 — 67
Chambers 6 4 6 4 — 20
MALLARD CREEK 67 — Biosse 3, J. Stone 4, Elle Stone 19, Lili Booker 15, Young 9, Easterling 9, McGuire 4, Tendall 4
CHAMBERS 20 — Redmond 8, Simpson 2, Grouner 3, Kirk 6, Bridges 1
Notable: For Mallard Creek, senior Lili Booker had 15 points, four steals, three rebounds and three assists. Junior Elle Stone had 19 points, nine rebounds, five steals and three assists.
Records: Mallard Creek 21-3, 14-0
NO. 4 MYERS PARK 78, SOUTH MECKLENBURG 47
South Meck 11 13 7 16 — 47
Myers Park - 23 23 20 12 — 78
SOUTH MECKLENBURG 47 — KB Brown 14, Makailah Davis 10, Hensley 8, Madden-Williz 6, Gabby 4, Klotle 3, Miller 2
MYERS PARK 78 — Jerin Truesdale 21, Amani Barner 15, Laura Lassiter 14, Cannie 4, LeXander 5, Jimenez-Willis 6, Thomason 5, McDaniel 4, Evers 2, Reich 2,
Records: South Meck 12-12, 6-4; Myers Park 23-1, 10-0
Notable: Myers Park finished undefeated in SoMeck conference play. Friday, the Mustangs were led by 21 points, 12 rebounds from senior Jerin Truesdale. Freshman Amani Barner added 15 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, three steals and two blocks.
NO. 5 EAST LINCOLN 78, NORTH LINCOLN 46
North Lincoln 10 15 13 8 — 46
East Lincoln 17 22 19 20 — 78
NORTH LINCOLN 46 — Hailey Hagler 12, Ally Smith 10, A. Grice 7, A. Black 7, M. Black 5, B. Custer 3, A. Holder 2
EAST LINCOLN 78 — Kiara Anderson 25, Emma Montanari 15, Lane Pethel 15, Taniyah Thomas 15, N. Atkins 6, A. Hege 2
Notable: For East Lincoln, Kiara Anderson had 25 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four steals. She also took a charge. Emma Montanari (15 points, eight rebounds, five blocks, three assists) and Taniyah Thomas (15 points, five rebounds, five steals, four assists) also had good games.
Records: North Lincoln 15-9, 7-7; East Lincoln 23-1, 14-0
NO. 6 INDEPENDENCE 66, BUTLER 38
Independence 17 15 24 10 — 66
Butler 5 17 7 9 — 38
INDEPENDENCE 66 — Worthey 20, Moss 12, Kitchen 11, Carson 11, Brimmer 4, Moss 4, Brown 2, Muhammad 2
BUTLER 38 — Park 12, Saunders 9, Hasson 8, Stitt 5, Henderson 2, Campbell 1
Notable: For Independence, Jessica Worthey had 20 points, 10 reobunds in the win.
Record: Independence 19-5
NO. 9 NORTH MECKLENBURG 73, WEST CHARLOTTE 29
North Meck 30 20 17 6 — 73
West Charlotte 7 6 4 12 — 29
NORTH MECKLENBURG 73 — Boston Bates 17, Lenise Joesph 12, Knox 9, Reid 9, Hoover 7, Rivera 6, Rowe 5, Smith 3, Blake 2, Johnson 2, Pimentel 1
WEST CHARLOTTE 29 — Andrews 11, Grier 6, Gennerette 4, Bowman 3, Gray 2, Ripley 2, Grier 1
NO. 11 HICKORY RIDGE 46, WEST CABARRUS 30
Hickory Ridge 12 4 14 16 — 46
West Cabarrus 4 12 6 8 — 30
HICKORY RIDGE 46 — S Gidney 14, Leathers 13, M. Gidney 7, Ritter 7, C. Woodward 3, Watkins 2
WEST CABARRUS 30 — Collins 11, Bond 9, White 8, Brown 1, Simmons 1
Records: Hickory Ridge 19-5; West Cabarrus 14-10
NO. 14 ARDREY KELL 78, PALISADES 37
Ardrey Kell- 23 26 13 16 — 78
Palisades- 4 10 10 13 — 37
ARDREY KELL 78 — Molly Burns 32 Autumn Washington 13 Skyler Fleck 12 Glahn 2 McCoy 6 Adarkwah 5 Mapp 2 Collins 2 Veal 3 Keenan 4 Sahayaraj 2
PALISADES 37— Chaves 12 Mocho 5 Abdullah 3 Brown 2 Simpkins 7 Young 7
LINCOLN CHARTER 60, MOUNTAIN ISLAND CHARTER 8
Mountain Island 3 2 2 1 — 8
Lincoln Charter 21 13 24 2 — 60
MOUNTAIN ISLAND 8 — Washington 3, Bridgewater 3, Curbeam 2
LINCOLN CHARTER 60 — Symphanie Stevens 12, Kallie Lusk 12, Clarie David 11, Samantha Ayres 6, Taylor Riggenbach 6, Kate Lesniak 4, Tyler Beller 3, Olexa King 2, Martha Guinle 2, Brenna Barbier 2
Record: Lincoln Charter 18-5, 12-2
PROVIDENCE 67, EAST MECK 24
Providence 20 18 23 6 — 67
East Meck 8 9 6 1 — 24
PROVIDENCE 67 — Lindsey Nolan 25, Delanie Hill 22, Marlee Whitten 5, Rachel Roberts 2, Isabella Hall 13,
EAST MECK 24 — M. Weisner 6, J.Marshal 2, P. Downer 4, J. Darling 6, C. Ligon 1, C. Ausman 5
Notable: Lindsey Nolan records another double double with 25 points, 12 rebounds. Julia Skinner had 6 steals.
Record: Providence 12-11
SOUTH POINT 68, NORTH GASTON 10
South Point 21 23 16 8 — 68
North Gaston 2 6 0 2 — 10
SOUTH POINT 68 — Amya Graham 19, Lauren French 14, Maddie Frank 9, Jovia Kelly 6, Toney Milton 5, Dajshia Foust 4, Lexi Birtwistle 3, Tayler Culbertson 3, Claire Frank 2, Jossilyn Wallace 2, Annie Risk 1
NORTH GASTON 10 — S. Arrowood 5, Whitney Brown 3, A. Robinson 2
Notable: South Point’s Amya Graham had 19 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and scored her 1,000th career point. Lauren French also recorded a double double with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks. South Point (16-8, 11-3) will be at home at 6 p.m. Monday for the first round of the conference tournament against an opponent to be determined
SUGAR CREEK CHARTER 48, VALOR PREP 22
Sugar Creek- 12 16 10 9 — 47
Valor Prep- 8 4 8 2 — 22
SUGAR CREEK 47 — Mallette 8, Allure Bishop 9, Eriyana Anthony 14, Thompson 6, Green 8, Chislom 1, Hammonds 2
VALOR PREP 22 — Hams 2, Clark 7, McCall 3, Borden 4, Maciel 4, Kerr 2
Notable: For Sugar Creek, Infiniti Green finished with eight points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals. Eriyana Anthony led all scorers with 14 points to go along with three steals, two assists and two rebounds.
UNION ACADEMY 59, CUTHBERTSON 48
Cuthbertson 4 17 14 13 – 48
Union Academy 15 11 16 17 – 59
CUTHBERTSON 48 — Mundy 15, Juhl 9, Johnson 6, Willie 6, Rogers 6, Waeghe 4, Howell 2
UNION ACADEMY 59 — Boatrights 22, Thompson 16, Brooks 8, Suttle 7, Griffin 3, Shin 3
