Boys’ basketball rewind: Mooresville holds off A.L. Brown in Greater Metro tournament
Mooresville pulled off one of the season’s biggest upsets Friday. Monday, the Blue Devils avoided one of their own.
Just a few days after upsetting Lake Norman, one of the state’s top 4A teams, Mooresville held off A.L. Brown to win 71-67 in the first round of the Greater Metro 4A tournament.
Mooresville led by 10 points heading into the fourth quarter. But the Wonders made a push to get the game close.
Mooresville got 18 points from Jalen Chambers and 16 from Dylan Clark.
Monday’s #BIG5 top performers
Jacob Conroy, Porter Ridge: In a 78-38 win over Cuthbertson, Conroy made a career-high six 3-point shots and finished with 20 points.
Jackson Fannon, East Lincoln: In an 81-67 win over North Iredell, Fannon had a game-high 23 points.
Jeremiah Howard, Concord: In a 71-57 win over West Rowan, Howard had 16 points, 16 rebounds.
Robert Magner, Pine Lake Prep: In a 65-48 win over Christ The King, Magner had a game-high 26 points.
AJ Parsley, Mooresville: In a 71-67 win over A.L. Brown in the first round of the Greater Metro 4A tournament, Parsley had 11 points, seven assists, six rebounds and three steals.
Monday’s boys’ box scores
NO. 3 CENTRAL CABARRUS 105, WEST ROWAN 29
East Rowan 15 10 0 4 — 29
Central Cabarrus 46 29 19 11 — 105
EAST ROWAN 29 – Jones 11, Klinger 2, Butler 5, Bradley 9, Thomas 2
CENTRAL CABARRUS 105 – Chase Daniel 6, Carson Daniel 6, DJ Kent 20, Joshua Dalton 20, Noah Edmisten 9, Emari Russell 9, Jake Baker 10, Cayden Smith 6, LarQuise Burse-Jones 4, Chinua Ezeigbo 8, Kevonta’ Martin 4, Camden Lowry 3
Notable: Central forced turnovers 27 and had 39 assists, 24 steals, and four blocks....Central Cabarrus has won 57 straight games and 47 straight games at Central Cabarrus. The Vikings have won 46 straight SPC games.
Records: Central Cabarrus 25-0; East Rowan 3-21
CONCORD 71, WEST ROWAN 57
Concord 16 20 17 18 — 71
West Rowan 4 13 23 17 — 57
Concord 71 — Jadah Freeman 17, Jeremiah Howard 16, Judah Freeman 13, Carter Starnes 11, Jaden Reid 7, Chris Arellano 4, Bralen Crowder 2, Keyon Phillips 1
West Rowan 57 — Will Givens 22, Elijah Holmes 15, Evan Kennedy 8, Brandt Graham 7, Kayvon Norman 5
Notable: Jeremiah Howard had yet another double-double on the season with a game-high 16 rebounds to go with his 16 points. Next up for the Spiders will be a semi-final matchup with Jay M. Robinson on Wednesday at 6pm.
Records: Concord 16-9, West Rowan 12-12
EAST LINCOLN 81, NORTH IREDELL 67
East Lincoln 23 13 31 14 — 81
North Iredell 20 8 21 18 — 67
EAST LINCOLN 81 — Davis Hill 13, Christian Atkins 15, Hampton Good 0, Houston Hartsell 12, Landon Aungst 0, Grant Lawless 12, Jaxon Dollar 6, Jackson Fannon 23
NORTH IREDELL 67 — Cade Kidd 9, Kade Pierce 15, Aiden Patterson 0, Graysen Kerr 14, Oliver Stamey 22, Osborne 3, Weatherman 4
Records: East Lincoln 15-10; North Iredell 10-15
Notable: The Mustangs led 36-28 at halftime and continued to play well in the second as they defeated the Red Raiders by a score of 81-67 in the first round of the Western Foothills 3A Conference Tournament game on Monday night in Denver. East Lincoln will play No. 1 seed Hickory in the conference semifinals.
JM ROBINSON 87, LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 55
Lake Norman Charter 16 17 12 10 — 55
Robinson 16 20 18 33 — 87
LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 55 — Braden Wilkie 15, Braylon Irelan 12, Major Leak 7, Collin McConneyhead 5, Owen Kun 3, Christian Virgilo 3, Jay Morgan 2, Dean Ruthstrom 2, Kaison Propst 2, Langston Holder 2, Drew Johnson 2.
LINCOLNTON 64, BUNKER HILL 61
Lincolnton 16 18 12 18 — 64
Bunker Hill 21 20 12 8 — 61
LINCOLNTON 64 — Landen Lyerly 22, Tyler McClain 16, Khalil Yarborough 8, Andrew Phelps 8, Khamoni Heath 8, Neo Thompson 2
BUNKER HILL 61 — Brice 15, Higgins 14, J. Williams 13, Murray 8, D. Williams 4, Willis 3, Starnes 2, Banks 2
MOORESVILLE 61, A.L. BROWN 57
Mooresville 29 8 16 18 — 71
AL Brown 18 8 16 25 — 67
MOORESVILLE 71 — Jalen Chambers 18, Dylan Clark 16, AJ Parsley 11, Eian Bailey 10, Christian Wilson 7, Nolan Ericson 7, Carson Schaen 2.
Notable: Chambers had five assists, two steals, and two blocks. Clark had eight rebounds and four blocks. Parsley had six rebounds, seven assists, and three steals. Wilson had five rebounds.
Record: Mooresville 17-8
PINE LAKE PREP 65, CHRIST THE KING 48
Pine Lake 25 8 12 20 — 65
Christ the King 17 9 20 2 — 48
PINE LAKE PREP 65 — Robert Magner 26 Wes Statzer 18 Joseph Bruce 9 Lucas Strickfaden 8 Daniel Coleman 2 Ethan Morgan 2
CHRIST THE KING 48 — Drew Reimels 16 Marco Tampoya 11 Parker Ryan 10 Cooper Ryan 4 Peyton Palmer 4 Wes Reiter 3
Record: Pine Lake 18-7
PORTER RIDGE 78, CUTHBERTSON 38
Porter Ridge 23 20 21 14 — 78
Cuthbertson 15 7 14 2 — 38
PORTER RIDGE 78 — Bryce Yelverton 6, Samaj Long 19, Jacob Conroy 20, Onur Kurucu 2, Dennis Kucurcu 12, Rai’Shawn Elmore 10, Bryaden Payne 2, Ziggy Harris 7
CUTHBERTSON 38—Josha Tolchin 7, Luke Nelson 11, Chandler Heyward 4, Luke Thompson 14, Grady Webb 2
Notables: Jacob Conroy hit a career-high six threes to get Porter Ridge off to a great start.
