Live from The Bojangles Day 2: Mallard Creek upsets No.3 Hopewell girls

Northside stops Mallard Creek, moves to finals
Northside Christian only scored four points in the third quarter, only made half its free throws and sht 25 percent in the second half and the Knights still held off Mallard Creek 52-47 in the semfinals.


Northside (9-1) will play Victory Christian (4-2) in Thursday's 8:30 p.m. championship game.


Northside got 11 points from Johan Pennerat and six points and 10 rebounds from center Dionte Adams.

Mallard Creek's Justin Gordon had 12 points and 10 rebounds.


Victory holds off Berry in semifinals
Victory Christian beat Berry 60-58 in the Bojangles' semifinals, withstanding a late Berry rally.

Berry's Osandai Vaughn missed a short jumper with no time left that would've sent the game to overtime.

Vaughn finished with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals.
 
Victory shot 58 percent from the field and got 16 points from 6-7 center Montarius Hall, 13 from Xavier Griffin and 10 points each from Dequan Mitchell and Myles Stinson.


Victory Christian 12 25 13 10 -- 60
Berry 16 12 11 19 -- 58
VICTORY 60 -- Xavier Griffin 13, Mitchell 3, Simmons 6, Montarius Hall 16, Thompson 2, Dequan Mitchell 10, Myles Stinson 10
BERRY 58 -- Johnson 7, Quincy Ekechukwu 10, Osandai Vaughn 23, Hayes 9, Jamerson 3, Dupree 2, Brim 2, Patterson 2



Mallard Creek upsets No. 3 Hopewell girls

Mallard Creek guard Amber Neely scored 17 of her game-high 27 points in the second half and the Mavericks upset I-MECK 4A conference rival Hopewell 51-46 in the semifinals of the Bojangles' Shootout Wednesday.


Hopewell (9-1), No. 3 in the Sweet 16, lost for the first time this season and lost a chance to defend the Bojangles' title it won last year. Hopewell shot 38 percent and committed 24 turnovers. The Titans struggled with Mallard Creek's pressure defense all game. Mallard Creek finished with 14 steals.
Hopewell 12 8 7 19 -- 46
Mallard Creek 12 13 13 13 -- 51
HOPEWELL 46 -- Hannah Early 10, Sharee' Boyd 10, Hunter Meakin 12, Burks 8, Wolfkill 2, Kury 2, Bolden 2
MALLARD CREEK 51 -- Amber Neely 27, Nicole Graham 13, Evans 2, McKenny 9



Berry slowly wears down Concord girlsBerry’s girls (7-1) moved to the Bojangles’ Shootout championship game with a strong 54-45 win over Concord in the semifinals. Berry held Concord to 35 percent shooting and outrebounded the Spiders (5-5) 41-27.

Berry will play Hopewell or Mallard Creek in tomorrow’s 6:50 p.m. championship game. Concord plays in the third place game at 3:30
Berry 15 11 13 15 -- 54
Concord 14 9 7 15 -- 45
BERRY 54 -- Essence Baucom 13, Parr 3, M. Quinn 6, A. Quinn 4, Jessica Marcus 15, Shorter 3, Destani Burton 10
CONCORD 45 -- Black 3, Alleson Briggs 16, Jhemelia Edwards 15, DeBerry 5, Black 4, Lynch 2
 

Mooresville overcomes poor shooting, stops Lancaster

Mooresville shot 33 percent for the game in Wednesday’s 71-66 win over Lancaster, but still won. Mooresville had four players in double figures: Shawn Lester (13 points, 7 rebounds), Isaiah Johnson (19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists), Dre Howell (11 points, 6 rebounds) and Kendrick Johnson (17 points, 5 rebounds).
 
Lancaster had 15 turnovers, compared to just seven for Mooresville. It made 3-of-24 3-point attempts. Sindarius Thornwell led the team with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Teammate Ron Trapps had 23 points and 9 rebounds.
 
Lancaster (8-3) will play AC Flora in today’s seventh place game at 10:40 a.m. Mooresville (8-3) will play South Meck at 1:50 p.m. for fifth place.
Mooresville 14 22 12 23 -- 71
Lancaster 16 15 16 19 -- 66
MOORESVILLE 71-- Shawn Lester 13, Isaiah Johnson 19, Dre Howell 11, Kendrick Johnson 17, O’Brien 3, Bego 3, Montgomery 5
LANCASTER 66 -- Sindarius Thornwell 23, Bailey 3, Woodard 4, Pelham 4, Foster 7, Duncan 2, Ron Trapps 2




Victory girls survive rally, hold off Vance 
Victory Christian got 22 points and 14 rebounds from guard Kierra Davis and held off Vance’s girls 46-41 Wednesday. The Kings (5-6) led 38-24 at the start of the fourth quarter.
Vance got 12 points, six rebounds and three steals from Karmen Barringer. Vance (3-8) will meet Rock Hill South Pointe in today’s 9 a.m. seventh place game. Victory will play Gastonia Forestview for fifth place at 12:10.
Victory Christian 46, Vance 41
Victory 9 16 13 8 - 46
Vance 11 8 5 17 -- 41
VANCE 41 -- Grier 5, Karmen Barringer 12, Coxe 6, Holloway 2, Greene 6, Townes 2, Stroman 6, Washington 2
VICTORY 46  -- Reed 5, Kierra Davis 22, Thomas 2, Angela Pharr 11, Sales 8, Mickle 3


S. Meck’s fourth quarter push stops Flora
South Meck’s strong fourth quarter finished off AC Flora Wednesday at the Bojangles’ Shootout and sent the Sabres (3-7) to Thursday’s fifth place game.

South Meck outscored Flora (2-7) 21-16 in the decisive final period. South got 11 points and two steals from guard Craig Thompson and 10 points and two rebounds from Josh Moore. The Sabres shot 52 percent in the second half ater shooting just 35 percent in the first.

Flora shot 51 percent for the game and got 23 points and 9 rebounds from Matthew Howard.
South will play either Lancaster or Mooresville in the fifth place game Thursday at 1:50. Flora will play the Lancaster/Mooresville loser for seventh place at 10:40 a.m.
S. Meck 12 10 16 21 -- 59
AC Flora 12 9 17 16 -- 54
SOUTH MECK 59 -- Craig Thompson 11, Kirkpatrick 7, Reaves 3, Josh Moore 10, D. Moore 7, R. Phifer 8, C. Phifer 3, Klink 3, Dove 7
AC FLORA 54 -- Wilfred Roach 13, Ruff 3, Matthew Howard 23, Segars 2, McDaniel 4, Cate 3, Washington 2, King 4.

Forestview girls take control early, stop South Pointe
Gastonia Forestview outscored Rock Hill South Pointe by 15 points in the first quarter of Wednesday’s 61-43 win and advanced to Thursday’s fifth place game.

Forestview (6-3) got 15 points and six rebounds from Britnee Roberts, 14 points and two assists from Bre Armstrong and a combined 21 points and 10 rebounds from Phierica Gardin and Khadijah Joyner.

Timisty Nelson led South Pointe (6-3) with 17 points, six steals and four rebounds.

Forestview will play either Vance or Victory Christian at 12:10 p.m. Thursday. South Pointe will play the Vance/Victory loser at 9 a.m. Thursday in the seventh place game.

South Pointe 2 12 10 19 -- 43
Forestview 17 15 14 15 -- 61
SOUTH POINTE 43 -- Timisty Nelson 17, Searcy 4, Tinnin 3, Thomas 2, Bradley 1, Davis 6, Ashley Jaggers 11
FORESTVIEW 61 -- Bre Armstrong 14, Taylor 2, Phierica Gardin 11, Britnee Roberts 15, Khadijah Joyner 10, Westinghouse 2, L. Smith 3, Harris 2, M. Smith 2