Tuesday’s boys’ basketball rewind: No. 1 Myers Park gets tested, stops Ardrey Kell
Only three regular-season games remain, conference tournaments start in less than two weeks, and the state playoffs are just three weeks away.
And Scott Taylor, coach of defending 4A state champion Myers Park, isn’t sure where his team stands on its quest for a second straight state crown.
“We really haven’t been healthy for much of this season,” Taylor said Tuesday night, after his team beat Ardrey Kell 75-60 and moved within a victory of clinching the SoMeck 4A Conference regular-season championship.
Taylor said Notre Dame commit Sir Mohammed, a 6-6 wing, and several teammates have spent much of the season dealing with injuries.
“He is getting himself back into game shape now,” Taylor said of Mohammed, who scored a game-high 22 points Tuesday night. “But in a way, these guys are still getting accustomed to one another. It’s been a bit of a process this season.”
The Mustangs (19-2, 7-0) certainly took a good shot from the host Knights (21-8, 7-2).
“It’s never easy to win over here,” Taylor said.
Myers Park led 36-30 at halftime and opened the second half on a 10-2 run for a 46-32 lead. The Knights kept within sight of the Mustangs, though, and then went on a 12-2 run late in the third quarter and early in the fourth. That cut the Myers Park lead to 53-49 and had the noise level at full blast in the nearly-full Ardrey Kell gym.
“I liked the way we played with poise down the stretch,” Taylor said.
After the Knights made their run, Mohammed scored on a short jumper, then added another basket after an Ardrey Kell turnover. Josh Hines then scored on a 3-pointer, Sadiq White got a tip-in, and Bishop Boswell slammed down a pass from Mohammed. At that point, Myers Park was up 64-49, and the game was decided.
White added 17 and Boswell 15 for Myers Park. Caden Caskey scored 21 points for Ardrey Kell, with Delani Hammonds adding 15.
Tuesday’s #BIG5 top performers
Nick Arnold, Lake Norman: In an 81-58 win over Hickory Ridge that delivered a share of a league title, Arnold had 11 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, one block and one steal.
Sir Mohammed, Myers Park: The Notre Dame recruit had a game-high 22 points as the Mustangs held off a tough challenge from Ardrey Kell on the road, winning 75-60.
Brian Rowe, J.M. Robinson: Rowe had a game-high 21 points in an 81-71 win over Lake Norman Charter.
Austin Swartz, Cannon School: The Miami recruit scored a game-high 35 points to lead his team to a win over Providence Day.
Maddox Watson, SouthLake Christian: Watson had a game-high 39 points against Westminster Catawba in the first round of the Metrolina Athletic Conference tournament.
Tuesday’s boys’ box scores
NO. 1 MYERS PARK 75, ARDREY KELL 60
Ardrey Kell 11 19 14 16 — 60
Myers Park 14 22 17 22 — 75
ARDREY KELL 60 — Caden Caskey 21, Delani Hammonds 15, Brett Freeman 12, Owen Wacker 4, Jake Weckerle 4, Bryce Thomas 2, Roger You 2
MYERS PARK 75 — White 17, Paraison 7, Boswell 15, King 4, Hines 6, Mohammed 22, Stuart 2, Barnes 2
Records: Myers Park 19-2; Ardrey Kell 15-6
NO. 3 CENTRAL CABARRUS 87, WEST ROWAN 37
West Rowan 10 10 8 9 — 37
Central Cabarrus 28 23 24 12 — 87
WEST ROWAN 37 – R. Hairston 1, Holmes 4, Givens 6, Graham 10, Kennedy 2, Martin 2, Young 7, Oglesby 2, Walker 3
CENTRAL CABARRUS 87 – Chase Daniel 6, Carson Daniel 8, DJ Kent 16, Joshua Dalton 12, Noah Edmisten 5, Emari Russell 14, Jake Baker 13, Cayden Smith, LarQuise Burse-Jones 2, Chinua Ezeigbo 2, Kevonta’ Martin 9
Notable: Central forced turnovers 19 and had 27 assists, 14 steals and seven blocks. It has won 53 straight games and 45 straight games at home. The Vikings have also won 42 straight SPC games.
Records: Central 21-0, 13-0; West Rowan 11-9, 7-6
NO. 4 WEDDINGTON 78, SUN VALLEY 40
Weddington 23 20 19 16 — 78
Sun Valley 11 8 8 13 — 30
WEDDINGTON 78 — KJ Younger 25, Grant Hamilton 19, Ford 8, Ricketts 6, Ellyson 5, Powers 4, Cook 3, Zepp 3, N. Muteb 2, M. Muteb 2, Nnaji 1
SUN VALLEY 30 — Nate Tavares 12, Turiff 7, Roe 6, Benjamin 4, Sumpter 3, Powell 3, Gupta 3, Calhoun 2
Record: Weddington 20-1 (6-0), Sun Valley 7-14 (3-3)
NO. 5 LAKE NORMAN 81, HICKORY RIDGE 58
Lake Norman 23 16 15 27 — 81
Hickory Ridge 15 13 9 21 — 58
LAKE NORMAN 81 — Josh Yates 17, Santana Lynch 9, Taurean McKinnon 2, Tre McKinnon 18, Nick Arnold 11, Grant Dryden 2, Nate Cioffi 2, Myles Crumes 2, Trent Steinour 18
HICKORY RIDGE 58 — Watkins 6, Wood 10, Haywood 14, Kelly 9, Durant 5, Williams 12, Hill 2
Notable: For Lake Norman, Nick Arnold (11 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, one block, one steal), Trent Steinour (18 points, seven rebounds, five blocks), Santana Lynch (nine points, nine rebounds, six assists) and Josh Yates (17 points, 3-of-5 from 3-point range) had strong games.
NO. 6 CHAMBERS 67, NO. 16 HOPEWELL 62
Chambers 17 12 19 19 — 67
Hopewell 13 14 20 15 — 62
CHAMBERS 67 — Markus Kerr 12, Tarris Bouie 21, Jordan Patton 16, Jaydon Terrell 6, Maurio Hanson 12
HOPEWELL 62 — Watson 13, Brown 6, Eley 17, Hines 10, Rice 2, Hutchinson 3, Mack 11
Notables: For Chambers, Tarris Bouie (21 points, five rebounds, three assists), Jordan Patton (16 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, three blocks), Maurio Hanson (12 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks), Markus Kerr (12 points, four rebounds, two blocks, two steals) and Jaydon Terrell (six points, 10 assists, seven rebounds) had big games.
Records: Hopewell 15-5, 6-4; Chambers 15-6, 10-1
NO. 11 COVENANT DAY 61, CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 32
Country Day 7 4 19 2 — 32
Covenant Day 12 15 22 12 — 61
COUNTRY DAY 32 — Diaz 8, Scott 2, Schulze 5, Lowery 5, Horton 4, Bates 8
COUNTRY DAY 61 — Shipp 8, Rivens 5, White 9, Weaver 2, Penosky 12, Haggarty 2, Olshefski 4, Anderson 3, Marcus 16
NO. 12 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 60, MARVIN RIDGE 52
South Meck 9 13 14 24 — 60
Marvin Ridge 12 13 16 11 — 52
SOUTH MECKLENBURG 60 — P.Moye 22, W.Rothacker 9, A.Skelton 8, M.Howard 7
MARVIN RIDGE 52 — Bridges 22, Clark 15, Morris 5, Dunn 5
Records: South Meck 19-3; Marvin Ridge 14-8
BUTLER 66, ROCKY RIVER 53
Butler 15 22 15 14 — 66
Rocky River 10 15 8 20 — 53
BUTLER 66 — Tyler Showalter 27, DeQuadre Currence 10, Starnes 8, Branch 7, Milligan 7, Lawrence 3, Grier 2, Badio 2
ROCKY RIVER 53 — Shamari Johnson 17, Jayden Ross 17, Markiest Houston 10, Walton 3, Warren 3, Little 3
Notable: Tyler Showalter scored 11 fourth quarter points....Butler plays at Charlotte Catholic on Friday.
Records: Butler 14-7, 9-1; Rocky River 9-12, 3-6
CHARLOTTE LATIN 63, CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 60
Christian 15 12 17 5 7 4 — 60
Latin 6 17 8 18 7 7 — 63
CHRISTIAN 60 — Daniel Guandolo 15, Matty Carroll 15, Terence Guess 15, Austin Bradway 10, Nicholson 5
LATIN 63 — James Jones 16, Titus Ivory 12, Alex Dauska 12, Jordan Pence 12, Levy 5, Miles 4, Latta 2
EAST LINCOLN 75, FRED T. FOARD 43
East Lincoln 18 14 20 23 — 75
Fred T. Foard 14 11 10 8 — 43
EAST LINCOLN 75 — Davis Hill 11, Riley Shropshire 0, Christian Atkins 3, Hampton Good 2, Houston Hartsell 12, Landon Aungst 2, Grant Lawless 16, Jaxon Dollar 1, Jackson Fannon 20, LJ Forney 3, Jamison Frye 2, Keyven Lamb 1, Kingsley Huntley 2
FRED T. FOARD 43 — Aiden Ollis 6, Carson Bess 8, Nolan Herman 2, Austin Stillwell 4, Tristen Freeman 3, Graham Orndorff 10, David Hartsoe 10
Records: East Lincoln 12-9, 6-5, Fred T. Foard 5-16, 2-9
GASTON DAY 76, METROLINA CHRISTIAN 51
Gaston Day 15 21 20 20 — 76
Metrolina Christian 8 11 19 13 — 51
GASTON DAY 76 — Griffen Simpson 18, Chase Owens 16, Braylen Todd 14, Deshawn Coulter 7, Kurt Hunter 7, Ben Chotlowski 7, Gavin Fields 5
Record: Gaston Day 17-11
Notable: Gaston Day will play at Gaston Christian in the semifinals of the MAC tournament.
INDEPENDENCE 61, PROVIDENCE 40
Independence 10 9 19 23 — 61
Providence 12 7 3 18 — 40
INDEPENDENCE 61 — Kameron Jasper 19, Tosh Alberga 13, Yancey Thomason 12
PROVIDENCE 40 — Caleb Gaither 7, Vasya Conde 7, Evan Wisotky 7
Records: Independence 16-5; Providence 7-14
J.M. ROBINSON 81, LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 71
Lake Norman Charter 15 18 15 23 — 71
Robinson 15 15 29 22 — 81
LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 71 — Collin McConneyhead 21, Braden Wilkie 20, Owen Kuhn 11, Jay Morgan 9, Major Leak 6, Braylon Irelan 2, Langston Holder 2.
ROBINSON 81 — B. Rowe 21, D. White 11, J. Reid 9, L. Roseman 9, D. Frazier 8, D. Harlee 8, K. Tillman 4, J. Reid 4, N. Speller 3, I. Lee 2, D. Butler 1
LINCOLNTON 71, EAST BURKE 56
Lincolnton 11 21 20 19 — 71
East Burke 17 9 16 10 — 56
LINCOLNTON 71 — Khalil Yarborough 18, Landen Lyerly 12, Tyler McClain 10, Khamoni Heath 8, Gaige Ikard 6, Neo Thompson 6, Cam Smith 4, Sabur Mannsur 3, Andrew Phelps 3, Rashad Lynch 1
EAST BURKE 56 — Sylas Coleman 18, Owen Hartman 11, Levi Coble 9
Notable: After dropping its last 3 games, Lincolnton was led by a season high 18 points from Khalil Yarborough. Landen Lyerly added 12 points with 13 rebounds and three blocks. Tyler McClain added 10 points, four rebounds and a team high three steals.
Record: Lincolnton 16-5. East Burke 4-16
MOORESVILLE 85, SOUTH IREDELL 31
Mooresville 27 22 17 19 — 85
South Iredell 8 6 7 10 — 31
MOORESVILLE 85 — Nolan Ericson 17, Jalen Chambers 13, Dylan Clark 12, Christian Wilson 9, Bryson Demby 7, Myles Samuel 7, Dylan Leuthardt 6, Carson Schaen 5, Eian Bailey 5, AJ Parsley 2, Kyri Wilson 2.
Notable: For Mooresville, Chambers had five rebounds and four assists. Clark had three steals. Demby had four rebounds. Samuel had two steals. Leuthardt had seven rebounds. Schaen had five assists and five steals. Parsley had five assists and three steals. Kyri Wilson had five assists and four steals.
Record: Mooresville 14-7
PORTER RIDGE 66, CUTHBERTSON 49
Porter Ridge 7 16 27 16 — 66
Cuthbertson 15 12 12 10 — 49
PORTER RIDGE 66 — Ziggy Harris 6, Daniel Osei 9, Rai’Shawn Elmore 8, Jacob Conroy 22, Dennis Kurucu 6, Clay Loredo 3, Michai Cadiang 6, Jace McClain 4
CUTHBERTSON 49 — Luke Nelson 12, Chandler Heyward 1, Gena Nkwah 4, Luke Thompson 17 Grady Webb 15
Notables: With five players out due to injury, Porter Ridge’s Jacob Conroy had his first 20-point game, finishing with 22 points and six assists.
SOUTHLAKE CHRISTIAN 80, WESTMINSTER CATAWBA 73
Westminster Catawba 19 8 16 30 — 73
Southlake Christian 9 21 23 27 — 80
WESTMINSTER CATAWBA 73 — Glass 2, Stephen Quinn 25, Drew Quinn 2, Addie 3, Nikayle Hodge 22, Redmon 7, Littlejohn 6, Rushin 6
SOUTHLAKE CHRISTIAN 80 — Pappis 5, Mason 4, Amini 6, Andrja Brozavic 11, Nick Davy 10, Maddox Watson 39, Myers 5
Notable: Westminster Catawba loses to Southlake Christian in the first round of the MAC Conference Tournament.
Record: Westminster Catawba 20-10, Southlake Christian 17-14
