Wednesday’s prep girls’ basketball rewind: No. 9 North Meck routs Chambers
In Wednesday’s 69-26 win over rival Chambers High School, North Mecklenburg freshman Lenise Joseph had a night to remember.
Joseph, a 6-foot power forward, recorded her first career triple-double with 16 points, 11 blocks and 10 rebounds.
North Mecklenburg, No. 9 in The Observer’s Sweet 16 poll, won its sixth straight game and improved to 12-3 overall and 4-1 in the Queen City conference, just one game behind No. 4 Mallard Creek.
“I feel like things went well in general,” Joseph said. “Even when I didn’t get open shots or they weren’t falling, I was able to get it back on defense, stay solid, limiting my fouls....That’s what we want to see.”
Joseph and the Vikings are now in a stretch of games where they will be heavily favored, but they must continue to win to have a chance to win a share of the conference title.
North Meck will host conference unbeaten Mallard Creek on Feb. 2. Mallard Creek beat North Meck, 67-51, last month at home.
To get ready, North Meck coach Jennifer Baker wants her team to continue to improve on the little things — things she saw in the second half Wednesday.
“I think we did well going to the boards tonight,” Baker said. “At halftime, we made the adjustment to make sure everybody got there. I think that our ball movement is key, too, and as we get better at that, we’ll be stronger as well.”
Statewide scores
Wednesday’s #BIG5 top performers
Sheree Gidney, Hickory Ridge: In a 60-39 win over South Iredell, Gidney had 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
Hailey Hagler, North Lincoln: In a 56-33 win over North Iredell, Hagler had 24 points, five assists, four rebounds and two steals.
Lenise Joseph, North Mecklenburg: In a 69-26 win over Chambers, Joseph recorded her first career triple-double (16 points, 11 blocks, 10 rebounds.
Kam Kitchen, Independence: In a 76-35 win over East Mecklenburg, Kitchen had a game-high 22 points.
Emma Montanari, East Lincoln: In a 58-56 win over Hickory, Montanari had 24 points, six rebounds, six steals, three assists and three blocks.
Wednesday’s box scores
NO. 2 CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 58, BUTLER 35
Catholic 12 21 11 14 – 58
Butler 9 4 12 10 – 35
Catholic 58 – Harper McKain 13, Gracynn Gough 13, Blanca Thomas 10, Fava 9, McArdle 4, Shea 4, Fleshood 3, Tucker 2
Butler 35 – Charlotte Hasson 12, Brooklyn Saunders 10, Campbell 8, Park 3
Records: Catholic 12-2, Butler 9-4
NO. 5 INDEPENDENCE 76, EAST MECKLENBURG 35
Independence 19 11 28 18 — 76
East Meck 6 9 12 8 — 35
INDEPENDENCE 76 — Kamryn Kitchen 22, Jai’lun Brimmer 13, Hannah Moss 10, Makinley Sellars 10, Worthey 9, C. Moss 6, Muhammed 4, Brown 2
EAST MECKLENBURG 35 — Jurnee Darling 11, Weisner 6, Downer 6, Fakamus 4, Davis 3, Ausman 3, Stallings 2
Records: Independence 12-4, 3-1; East Mecklenburg 5-11, 0-4
NO. 8 EAST LINCOLN 58, HICKORY 56
East LIncoln 8 23 8 19 — 58
Hickory 11 16 14 15 — 56
EAST LINCOLN 58 — Emma Montanari 24, Kiara Anderson 17, N. Atkins 7, A. Hege 5, T. Thomas 3, L. Pethel 2
HICKORY 56 — Havyn Dula 16, laken Powe 14, Scarlett Krenzel 10, L. Boyens 8, A. Sisk 6
Notable: For East Lincoln, Kiara Anderson had 17 points, five assists, four rebounds and four steals.
Records: East Lincoln 11-1, 2-0; Hickory 7-5, 1-1. Hickory hosts Fred T. Foard Frida.
NO. 9 NORTH MECKLENBURG 69, CHAMBERS 26
North Mecklenburg 23 19 17 10 — 69
Chambers: 7 5 8 9 — 26
NORTH MECKLENBURG 69 — Lenise Joseph 16, Chelsea Rivera 14, Boston Bates 16, Knox 6, Rowe 5, Davis 4, Hoover 4, Fullenwider 4, Pimentel 2
CHAMBERS 26 —Taylor Simpson 13, Redman 9, Bouie 2, Kirk 2
Record: N.Meck Overall: 12-3, 4-1
Notable: For North Mecklenburg, Chelsea Rivera had 14 points, four steals and three assists.
NO. 10 HICKORY RIDGE 60, SOUTH IREDELL 39
Hickory Ridge 15 14 11 20 — 60
South Iredell 9 7 13 11 — 39
HICKORY RIDGE 60 — Ma-kaela Gidney 24, Sheree Gidney 18, Leathers 12, K. Woodward 2, C. Woodward 2, Ritter 2
SOUTH IREDELL 39 — K. Johnson 15, Fine 14, Duchinski 3, Humphrey 2, Schramm 2, Sarrer 2, P. Johnson 1
Notable: Ma-kaela Gidney led Hickory Ridge with 24 points.
Records: Hickory Ridge 13-2, South Iredell 4-10
NO. 13 CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 52, CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 30
Charlotte Country Day 11 18 14 9 — 52
Charlotte Christian 0 9 8 13 — 30
CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 52 — C Smith 6, Olive Bigham 8, Margaret Blythe 11 Turner 4, Vanderhave 9, Starnes 3, Taborn 2z Britton 6
CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 30 — Kaya Lee 17, Pageland 3, Beekman 4, Kelly 2, Foir 3, Maxwell-Wright 1
Record: CCDS 14-5
CENTRAL CABARRUS 64, CONCORD 18
Central: 18 20 16 10 — 64
Concord: 4 6 7 1 — 18
CENTRAL CABARRUS 64 — Kyra Lewis 16, Jahnae Duncan 13, Cruz 9, Arévalo 9, Blanchard 6
CONCORD 18 — Myajah Nix 11, Williams 3, Conway 2
FORESTVIEW 67, NORTH GASTON 39
Forestview 28 15 8 16 — 67
North Gaston 4 11 13 11 — 39
FORESTVIEW 67 — Megan Baker 14, Amani Neely 12, Molly Forgan 12, Blair Riley 11, Phillips 8, Thompson 3, Springs 3, Duncan 2, Anthony 2
NORTH GASTON 39 — Whitney Brown 22, Arrowwood 5, Jackson 5, Stinson 3, Ortiz 3, Thomas 1
Records: Forestview 9-2, 1-2.
Notable: Forestview hosts Gaston County rival Ashbrook Friday. For Forestview, Megan Baker had 14 points, four rebounds, four assists. Tralyn Phillips had eight rebounds, seven steals and three assists. Molly Forgan had 12 points, seven rebounds.
MARVIN RIDGE 68, CUTHBERTSON 54
Cuthbertson 13 12 11 18 – 54
Marvin Ridge 23 11 19 12 – 68
CUTHBERTSON 54 — Christian Mundy 20, Christian Johnson 14, Amayah Rogers 8, Ava Beals 6, Riley Willie 4, Riley Howell 2
MARVIN RIDGE 68 — Sainoler 28, Lenahan 11, Sheriden 7, Edwards 4, Allessandoro 3, Stewart 3, Robitaloe 2, Douglas 2
NORTH LINCOLN 56, NORTH IREDELL 33
North Lincoln 9 16 17 14 — 56
North Iredell 5 14 8 6 — 33
NORTH LINCOLN 56 — Hailey Hagler 24, Ally Smith 15, A. Black 6, Grice 6, M. Black 3, Karr 2,
Records: North Iredell 10-3, North Lincoln 10-3
PIEDMONT CHARTER 58, CAROLINA INTERNATIONAL 9
Piedmont Charter 12 17 11 18 —58
Carolina International 3 2 0 4 — 9
PIEDMONT 58 — Allasha Houser 11, Lyric Brown 10, Aubree Cammer 8, Evie East 6, Julianna East 6, Addison Berry 6, Aniyah Jones 4, Micah Brown 3, Bree Phillips 2, Malacai Brown 2
CAROLINA INTERNATIONAL 9 — R. Zachari 5, C Blakes 2, S. Proctor 2
PROVIDENCE DAY 47, CHARLOTTE LATIN 32
PDS 11 6 22 8 — 47
Latin 7 7 4 14 — 32
PROVIDENCE DAY 47 — Layla Clark 15 Sophie Levine 10 Swinson 8 Ramsden 7 McClure 3 UpDyke 2 Fyans 2
CHARLOTTE LATIN 32 — Neely Hume 11 Tune 8 Archibald 5 Nadeau 6 Hyder 2
PDS Record: 12-5
Notable: For Providence Day, sophomore Layla Clark had a career-high 15 points.
This story was originally published January 2, 2024 at 6:11 PM.
