Friday’s girls high school basketball rewind: Scores, stars, upcoming schedule

Scroll down for a recap of Friday’s girls high school basketball in the Charlotte region.

Key game previews

Saturday

(girls) Charlotte Catholic (3-0) at Providence Day (5-4), 4 p.m. – This is Game 3 of the four-game Samaritan’s Feet Classic, which includes two girls’ and two boys’ games. The visiting Cougars feature 6-6 Blanca Thomas (17.3 ppg, 12.0 ppg) and Graceynn Gough (18.0 ppg) and have state championship ambitions. Providence Day is led by Jaida McClure (11.6 ppg), but Layla Clark has emerged as a scoring threat in recent games, scoring 10 points last Friday against Ravenscroft School and 14 last Saturday against Durham Academy.

Country Day wins on Bigham’s birthday

Country Day’s Olive Bigham led the Bucs past Cox Mill on her birthday.

Friday’s #BIG5 top performers

Kiara Anderson, East Lincoln: Anderson had 25 points, nine assists, six steals, four rebounds in a 68-29 win over Ashbrook. The Mustangs won their 41st straight regular-season game.

Boston Bates, North Mecklenburg: Bates scored 13 points, four steals in a 70-44 win for No. 8 North Meck over No. 13 Hough. Bates scored her 1,000th point in the win.

Hope Kluttz, South Mecklenburg: Kluttz had a career-high 14 points, making 43 percent of her 3-point attempts, in a 56-19 win over Olympic.

Gia Lowe, Mooresville: The sophomore had 13 points, seven blocks in a 43-35 win over Statesville.

Amani Neely, Forestview: Neely hit for 25 points, four rebounds in a 77-55 win over Bessemer City.

Friday’s box scores

▪ Observer Sweet 16 records included

NO. 2 CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 74, PROVIDENCE 43

Catholic 25 10 21 18 — 74

Providence 4 11 9 12 — 43

Catholic 74 — Oliva Fava 8, Kate McArdle 2, Maggie Kernodle 10, Blanca Thomas 19, Gracyn Gough 16, Harper McKain 9, Megan Shea 2, Matalie Bryon 4, Caroline Fey 2

Providence 43 — Delanie Hill 23, Marlee Whitten 5, Julia Skinner 6, Isabella Hall 5, Lindsay Nolan 3, Noelle Williams 1

NO. 3 CANNON SCHOOL 53, COLONIAL HIGH (FL) 42

CANNON SCHOOL 53 — Maya Mccorkle 6, Madison Drayton 13p, Brooke Busby 10p, Kierra Morrow 14p, Hina Nakamura 2, Khloe Thompson 8

Notable: Cannon School 8-0 Next vs S3 Academy (VA) @ She Got Game Classic, DC. Saturday 12/9

NO. 5 MALLARD CREEK 75, WEST CHARLOTTE 20

Mallard Creek 32 18 15 10 —75

West Charlotte 2 9 7 2 — 20

MALLARD CREEK 75 — Elle Stone 10, Lili Booker 12, Biosse 6, Easterling 7, McGuire 8, Campbell 6, Tendall 4, Hennegan 2, Horne 5, Young 6, Robertson 4, J. Stone 5

WEST CHARLOTTE 20 — Grier 7, Generette 5, Andrews 3, Simmons 3, Bowman 2

Notable: Mallard Creek junior Elle Stone finished with 10 points, six steals, four rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Senior guard Lili Booker finished with 12 points, four steals, four assists and two rebounds.

Records: Mallard Creek 6-2 overall, League 1-0

NO. 8 NORTH MECKLENBURG 70, NO. 13 HOUGH 44

North Mecklenburg 23 15 13 19 — 70

Hough 9 11 12 12 — 44

NORTH MECKLENBURG 70 — Lenise Joesph 17, Boston Bates 13, Shanon Hoover, Morgan Knox 10, Reid 6, Fullenwider 5, Rivera 4, Smith 3, Davis 2,

HOUGH 44 — Chloe Galombeck 16, Zoerb 8, Breault 4, Law 4, James 2, DaKubecy 2, Mobley 2, Jones 2, Puskarick 2, Otto 2

Records: North Meck 5-2, 1-0

Notable: North Meck’s Boston Bates scored her 1,000th career point. Teammate Lenise Joseph had 17 points, eight rebounds, and four blocks. Bates finished with 13 points and four steals.

NO. 9 EAST LINCOLN 68, ASHBROOK 29

Ashbrook 6 8 5 10 — 29

East LIncoln 27 24 13 4 — 68

ASHBROOK 29 — Nykira Arrington 16, D. Hardin 8, Quanteria Threats 3, A. McDowell 2

EAST LINCOLN 68 — Kiara Anderson 25, Lane Pethel 15, E. Montanari 9, A. Hege 4, M. Matz 4, M. Schmitz 4, B. Miller 4, N. Atkins 3

Noteables: The Lady Mustangs raced out to a 51-14 halftime lead en route to their 41st consecutive regular-season win. Kiara Anderson had 25 points, nine assists, six steals, four rebounds and a block. Teammates Emma Montanari (nine points, nine rebounds, five steals, five blocks, four assists) and Lane Pethel (15 points, seven rebounds) had strong games.

Records: AHS: (2-3,0-0) Next game vs East Lincoln 12/12/23; ELHS: (5-0, 0-0) Next Game @ East Lincoln 12/12/23

NO. 11 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 56, OLYMPIC 19

SOUTH MECK 9 9 20 18 — 56

OLYMPIC 2 4 4 9 — 19

SOUTH 56 — Hope Kluttz 14, Brown 13, Davis 11, Heaslet 8

OLYMPIC 19 — Barri Terry 8, James 5

Notable: Hope Kluttz led all scorers with a career high 14 points, shooting 43 percent from the 3-point line for South. Kyilah Brown added 13 points, seven steals.

Record: South Meck 3-3. Olympic 4-2

NO. 12 ARDREY KELL 58 SUN VALLEY 46

Ardrey Kell 11 21 15 9 — 58

Sun Valley 8 8 16 16 — 46

ARDREY KELL 58— Molly Burns 14, Skyler Fleck 14, Teanna Kenan 10, McCoy 8, Glahn 7, Sahayaraj 2

SUN VALLEY 46 — Robinson 15, Henry 12, Garcia 8, Grant 7, Meaders 2, Bradley 1

NO. 14 HICKORY RIDGE 55, NO. 10 PORTER RIDGE 47

Porter Ridge 12 9 19 7 — 47

HIckory Ridge 13 14 5 23 — 55

PORTER RIDGE 47 — Taylor 19, Blackwell 13, Malcolm 7, Scaldara 4, Williams 2, Swanston 2

HICKORY RIDGE 55 — S. Gidney 16, Leathers 16, M. Gidney 14, Duley 3, K. Woodward 3, C.Woodward

Notable: Sheree Gidney and Amya Leathers paced the Ragin’ Bulls with 16 point each

Records: Porter Ridge 4-4 Hickory Ridge 5-1

CENTRAL CABARRUS 45, CARSON 24

Central: 16 14 8 7 — 45

Carson 6 4 7 7 — 24

CENTRAL CABARRUS 45 — Burton 9, Lewis 8, Cruz 8, Duncan 5, Blanchard 5, Pickett 5, Arévalo 2, Estrada-Hill 2, Meeks 1

CARSON 24 — Rylee Hedrick 13, Bureleson 7, Furr 4

CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 41, COX MILL 25

Country Day 8 12 9 12 — 41

Cox Mill 8 3 1 13 — 25

COUNTRY DAY 41 — Sam Vanderhave 16, Margaret Blythe 11, Bigham 9, Britton 2, Turner 2, C Smith 1

COX MILL 25 — Alexander 7, Rkhardson 6, Saranon 4, Williams 2, Gibson 1

Records: CCDS 7-2; Cox Mill 4-2

Notable: Country Day allowed four points in the second and third quarters.

FORESTVIEW 77, BESSEMER CITY 55

Forestview 20 15 19 23 — 77

Bessemer City 10 15 16 14 — 55

FORESTVIEW 77 — Amani Neely 25, Tralyn Phillips 12, Blair Riley 11, Thompson 8, Forgan 6, Baker 5, Springs 4, Duncan 3, Anthony 3

BESSEMER CITY 55 — Kionna Pettus 25, Imani Rhodes 19, Harper 4, Jeffries 4, Mitchell 3

Notable: Amani Neely had four rebounds and a steal. Blair Riley posted seven rebounds and five steals. Miangel Thompson dished out 10 assists, nine steals and seven rebounds

Next: Forestview 6-1 travels to Crest next Friday.

HIGHLAND TECH 47, PIEDMONT CHARTER 43

HIGHLAND TECH 47 — Aleka Taylor 12, Thomas 8, McCraw 7, Maiers 6, Letts 9

Record: Highland Tech 5-1

LINCOLN CHARTER 64, CORVIAN COMMUNITY 21

Corvian 0 9 10 2 — 21

LIncoln Charter 22 14 23 5 — 64

CORVIAN 21 — w. Sandfors 8, C. Wheatley 7, A. Kinble 4, P. Church 2

LINCOLN CHARTER 64 — Kallie Lusk 16, Martha Guinle 13, Samantha Ayres 10, Taylor Riggenbach 10, Clair David 7, Lillie Merrill 4, Kaylyn Cherry 2, Olexa King

Notable: Kallie Lusk lead continued her hot shooting with 16 points. Lincoln Charter (4-3, 1-0) plays at Community School of Davidson Dec. 12.

MOORESVILLE 43, STATESVILLE 35

Statesville 12 1 7 15 — 35

Mooresville 10 11 7 15 — 43

MOORESVILLE 43 — Macy Crum 16, Gia Lowe 13

Record: Statesville 0-4, Mooresville 2-5

MOUNT TABOR 56, WEST CABARRUS 55

Mount Tabor 14 15 12 15 — 56

West Cabarrus 8 16 9 22 — 55

MOUNT TABOR 56 — Shaymiah Bailey 19, Kleiauna Riddida 13, Ava Hairston 11, McLean 8, Fulp 2, Scurry 3

WEST CABARRUS 55 — Tyler Collins 16, Kaiya Bond 15, Jillian Simmons 10, Shariah White 10, Neal 4

NORTH GASTON 59, BESSEMER CITY 52

North Gaston 12 19 17 11 — 59

Bessemer City 13 2 9 18— 52

NORTH GASTON 59 — Littlejohn-27,Brown 12,Thomas 9,Jackson 6,Arrowood 5

BESSEMER CITY 52 — Kionn Pettus 37 pts, Summer Gibson 3, Natalee Mitchell 2

Thursday’s box scores

JACKSON DAY 43, HIGHLAND TECH 40

HIGHLAND TECH 40 — Addie McCraw 10, Letts 9, Maiers 9

JACKSON DAY 43 — B. Beigil 17, A. Martin 14

Records: Highland Tech 4-1; Jackson Day 8-1

NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN 70, WESTMINSTER CATAWBA 10

Northside 30 20 12 8 — 70

Westminster 6 1 2 1 — 10

NORTHSIDE 70 — Womack-5, Jakaila Gaskin- 23, Carelock- 9, Chambers- 6, Golphin- 6, Courtney Ashford- 14, Toscano- 2, Fields- 5

Notable: Jakaila Gaskin, an 8th grader, had 23 points, 10 rebounds, four steals for Northside. Teammate Courtney Ashford added 14 Points, three steals in a conference win.

PROVIDENCE DAY 37, TASMANIA (AUSTRALIA) 30

Providence Day 7 11 11 8 — 37

Tasmania 5 9 9 7 — 30

PROVIDENCE DAY 37 — McClure 7 Levine 7 Swinson 6 Fyans 6 Dennison 6 Clark 5

TASMANIA 30 — Portia Chopping 12 Nikki Parker 6 Sophie Ryan 3 Ali Reynolds 7

Notable: PDS record 6-4. Providence Day cpach Josh Springer won his 400th game.

PHOTOS: Cox Mill girls at Country Day

Saturday’s schedule

Saturday

Nonconference

Bonnie Cone Leadership at Valor Prep

Cannon School vs. S3 Academy (VA), in She Got Game Classic in Washington (girls)

Independence vs. Knoxville (TN) Farragut, in Double Tree Round Ball Classic at Johnson City, TN, noon (boys)

Myers Park vs. Chantilly (VA) Pope Paul VI, in National Hoopsfest at DeMatha (MD) High, 8:45 (boys)

Rabun Gap School at Legion Collegiate (SC)

Victory Christian at Charlotte Country Day (girls, 1; boys, 2:30)

Asheville Classic (boys)

(at Christ School, Arden)

Collins Hill (GA) vs. A.C. Reynolds, 1

Hendersonville vs. Lancaster (SC), 2:30

Combine Academy vs. United Faith Christian, 4

Charlotte Christian vs. Christ School, 5:30

Battle of the Border

(at Clover, SC, High; two gyms)

(girls) South Aiken vs. East Gaston, 1

(boys) Olympic vs. South Aiken, 1:30

(boys) East Gaston vs. Rock Hill, 5:30

(girls) Kings Mountain vs. Clover, 6

(girls) Hunter Huss vs. Rock Hill, 6:30

(boys) Hunter Huss vs. Clover, 8:30

Phenom 828 Showcase

(at Freedom High, Morganton)

Maiden vs. Asheville Christian, noon

Carmel Christian vs. Moravian Prep, 1:30

Hickory vs. South Caldwell, 3

East Lincoln vs. Kings Mountain, 4:30

Freedom vs. Shelby, 6 (girls)

Hopewell vs. Freedom, 7:30

Phenom Hoops Tourney Town Showcase (boys)

(at Smith High, Greensboro)

Chatham Charter vs. Southeast Raleigh, noon

Page vs. Westover, 1:30

Southern Guilford vs. Calvary Day, 3

Greensboro Day vs. Millbrook, 4:30

Caldwell Academy vs. Orange, 6

Grimsley vs. Salisbury, 7:30

Ben Smith vs. High Point Christian, 9

Samaritan’s Feet Classic

(at Providence Day)

Catawba Ridge (SC) vs. Myers Park, 1 (girls)

Concord Academy vs. Hammond School (SC), 2:30 (boys)

Charlotte Catholic vs. Providence Day, 4 (girls)

Northside Christian vs. Providence Day, 5:30 (boys)