Live from the Bojangles': Mallard Creek boys move to semifinals

 MALLARD CREEK STOPS LANCASTER, MOVES TO SEMIS

Mallard Creek's boys upset Lancaster 59-48 Tuesday night to move to the Bojangles' semifinals. Dominique Williams had 22 points and 7 rebounds for the Mavericks (5-5). Teammate Elijah Morton had 16 points and 15 rebounds.

Lancaster (8-2) got 16 points from Sindarius Thornwell and 13 points from Nate Bush.

Lancaster 14 10 14 10 -- 48
Mallard Creek 13 7 16 23 -- 59
LANCASTER 48 -- Sindarius Thornwell 16, Nate Bush 13, Woodard 2, Duncan 2, Trapps 7, Foster 2, Pelham 6
MALLARD CREEK 59 -- Henderson 8, White 4, Dominique Williams 22, Gordon 5, Bailey 4, Elijah Morton 16


VICTORY CHRISTIAN RALLIES, STOPS S. MECK
Victory Christian outscored South Meck 24-18 in the fourth quarter to rally for a 57-56 win Tuesday.

The Kings (3-2) got 21 points and six rebounds from Xavier Griffin, 10 points from Lloyd Simmons and 17 points, six rebounds and five blocks from Montarius Hall.

South Meck's Carrington Kirkpatrick had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Teammate Josh Moore had 17 points and 15 rebounds.

Victory Christian 57, South Meck 56
Victory 8 13 12 24 -- 57
South Meck 8 15 15 18 -- 56
VICTORY 57 -- Xavier Griffin 21, Lloyd Simmons 10, Montarius Hall 17, Mitchell 3, Stinson 3, Thompson 3
SOUTH MECK 56 -- Thompson 3, Carrington Kirkpatrick 21, Reaves 6, Josh Moore 17, D. Moore 9


BERRY SMOTHERS VCC WITH DEFENSE
Berry’s girls (6-1) held Victory Christian to just 13 percent shooting in the second half and 19 percent for the game in Tuesday’s 50-26 win. Victory (4-6) did not score in double figures in any quarter.

Jessica Marcus (8 points, 8 rebounds) and Alicia Quinn (8 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks) led Berry.

Victory 8 8 6 4 -- 26
Berry 11 17 15 7 -- 50
BERRY 50 -- Baucom 8, Parr 8, M. Quinn 6, A. Quinn 8, J. Marcus 8, Johnson 3, Shorter 3, Burton 6
VICTORY 26 -- Davis 8, Thomas 2, Pharr 6, Sheria Sales 10


HOPEWELL GIRLS STOP RH SOUTH POINTE
Hopewell, No. 3 in the Sweet 16, ran its record to 9-0 after a 53-43 win over Rock Hill South Pointe.

Hopewell led 30-17 at halftime. The Titans got 19 points from Hannah Early, a Davidson recruit, and 17 from Sharee’ Boyd. Hunter Meakin made 3-of-6 3-point attempts. The Titans shot 55.3 percent from the field.

Timisty Nelson hit 12-of-18 free throws and had 22 points for South Pointe, which shot 42 percent for the game.

South Pointe 9 8 10 16 -- 43
Hopewell 15 15 10 13 -- 53
SOUTH POINTE 43 -- Timisty Nelson 22, Searcy 3, Minor 1, Tinnin 2, Thomas 1, Jaggers 3, Davis 3
HOPEWELL 53 -- Hannah Early 19, Sharee' Boyd 17, Meakin 9, Kury 2, Burks 6


BERRY DOMINATES 3RD, BLOWS OUT AC FLORA
On a night when one of its leading scorers only got two points, Berry still ran off to an easy win over AC Flora (S.C.) in the first round.

Berry point guard Dejuan Graf made the only shot he took but Berry got 22 points and six rebounds from Osandai Vaughn and 13 points from Cazemon Hayes. The Cardinal (7-1) were tied with AC Flora (2-6) at halftime, but busted the game open with a 22-13 push in the third quarter.

AC Flora was led by 18 points and 10 rebounds from Matthew Howard

Berry 10 11 22 15 -- 58
Flora 7 14 13 12 -- 46
BERRY 58 -- Johnson 9, Osandai Vaughn 22, Cameron Hayes 13, Hicks 1, Graf 2, Jamerson 7, Dupree 4
FLORA 46 -- Wilfred Roach 10, Woods 3, Matthew Howard 18, Segars 6, McDaniel 6, Cate 3
 
MALLARD CREEK STOPS FORESTVIEW IN GIRLS FIRST ROUND
Mallard Creek got 38 points from Amber Neely, Nicole Graham and Somalia McKenny and held off Gastonia Forestview 54-50.

Neither team shot well: the Mavericks (8-2) shot 31 percent for the game and made only 6-of-14 free throw attempts.

Forestview (5-3) shot 36 percent for the game and made 9-of-17 free throw attempts.
Forestview got 18 points and 7 rebounds from Phierica Gardin. Nelly had 15 points, Graham 13 and McKenny 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Mavericks.

Mallard Creek 54, Gastonia Forestview 50
Mallard Creek 8 15 15 16 -- 54
Forestview 8 16 13 13 -- 50
MALLARD CREEK 54 -- Amber Neely 15, Phillips 6, Nicole Graham 13, Evans 4, Somalia McKenny 10, Crawford 2, White 4
FORESTVIEW 50 -- Bre Armstrong 10, Taylor 2, Phierica Gardin 18, Roberts 8, Joyner 8, Smith 3, Harris 1
 

Northside Christian 56, Mooresville 50
Northside Christian didn't shoot well in its first round game Tuesday, making just 38 percent of its field goals for the game, but the Knights took better shots than Mooresville, many inside the paint, and overtook Mooresville in the second half to win.

Mooresville (7-3) made 1-of-16 3-point attempts, shooting only 17 free throws. Northside (8-1) shot 35, mainly because it was determined to get the ball inside. Guard Griffin Pittman led the Knights with 22 points. Center Dionte Adams had 13 rebounds.

Shawn Lester and Isaiah Johnson had 15 each for Mooresville.

Northside will play the Mallard Creek/Lancaster winner Wednesday in the semifinals at 8:30. Mooresville will play the loser at 1:50 in the consolation bracket.

Northside 11 17 7 21 -- 56
Mooresville 16 13 6 15 -- 50
NORTHSIDE 56 -- Pennerat 6, Adams 7, Bryan Beechaum 10, Griffin Pittman 22, Ashford 5, Heater 4, Birmingham 2
MOORESVILLE 50 -- Shawn Lester 15, Isaiah Johnson 15, Howell 2, K. Johnson 5, Montgomery 6, O'Brien 2, Caldwell 2, Bego 3.


Concord girls 63, Vance 49
Concord senior guard Jasmine DeBerry made six-of-nine shots and scored 18 points as the Spiders (5-4) broke open a tight game in the third quarter.

Vance (3-7) led 10-8 after the first quarter and the Cougars were down 29-28 at halftime. But Concord held Vance to six points in the third quarter.

Three Spiders scored in double figures: DeBerry, junior guard Emia Black (10 points) and senior Mariah Black (10 points, 7 rebounds on 5-for-6 shooting).

Vance got 13 points from Takia Greene and seven points and 11 rebounds from Karmen Barringer.

Concord will play the Berry-Victory Christian winner Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Vance will play the Victory-Berry loser at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Vance 10 18 6 15 -- 49
Concord 8 21 14 20 -- 63
VANCE 49 -- Grier 6, Barringer 7, Ar Coxe 6, An Coxe 6, Holloway 6, Takia Greene 13, Stroman 9
CONCORD 63 -- Emia Black 10, Neils 2, Edwards 9, Jasmine DeBerry 18, Mariah Black 10, Lynch 7, Briggs 7.