Tuesday’s girls’ high school basketball rewind: No. 4 South Meck rolls; stars, boxscores
The South Mecklenburg High girls’ basketball team showed why it’s No. 4 in The Observer’s preseason Sweet 16 Tuesday night at home.
The Sabres (2-0) followed up Saturday’s impressive season-opening road win at Weddington with a comfortable home victory over Providence, 55-21.
Ashbrook transfer Nykira Arrington had a game-high 15 points, Kaitlyn Hensley added 10 and Skylar Young and Hope Kluttz scored eight apiece for South Mecklenburg.
Young left the game with a right knee injury just before halftime and did not return.
“I think starting the season with the win at Weddington gave us some momentum,” said Sabres head coach Justin Clarke, whose team plays again on Friday at West Cabarrus. “I’m really excited about what we’re doing right now.”
▪ Avery Detenber had 11 points for Providence (0-2).
Tuesday’s #BIG5 girls’ top performers
Justice Alexander, Concord Academy: Alexander had a game-high 32 points in a 79-50 win over Lab U Prep.
NyKira Arrington, South Mecklenburg: In a 55-21 win over Providence, Arrington had a triple double (15 points, 15 rebounds, 11 steals)
Ma-Kaela Gidney, Hickory Ridge: In a 61-6 win over Independence, Gidney had 23 points, seven steals.
Maggie Kernodle, Charlotte Catholic: Kernodle had a game-high 21 points in a 54-51 win over Ardrey Kell. Rookie Cougars’ coach Kristal Mainsah picked up her first win.
Alexis Shehan, Lake Norman: In Tuesday’s season-opening 93-25 win over North Lincoln, Shehan scored her 1,000th career point. She also has 500 career rebounds.
Tuesday’s girls’ boxscores
(Observer Sweet 16 rankings included)
NO. 1 CANNON SCHOOL 73, 1 of 1 PREP 60
Cannon School 26 20 12 15 — 73
1 of 1 Prep 11 17 18 14 — 60
Records: Cannon School 5-1; 1 of 1 Prep 3-1
NO. 3 LAKE NORMAN 93, NORTH LINCOLN 25
Lake Norman 25 35 19 14 — 93
North Lincoln 13 10 0 2 — 25
LAKE NORMAN 93 — Samantha Shehan 24, Kelsey Rhyne 15 (8 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 steals), Kaiya Bond 11 (7 rebounds, 7 steals, 5 assist), Rayana Minard 11, Alexis Shehan 9, Addison Sirianni 9, Adason Buoniconti 7, Finley Sherrill 4, Kaylee Ellis 3
NORTH LINCOLN 25 — A Black 8, A Smith 6, A Grice 5, L Cipriano 4, A Wilson 2
Records: Lake Norman 1-0; North Lincoln 0-1
Notes: Lake Norman Alexis Shehan scores her 1,000th point. She had 999 coming into the season.
NO. 4 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 55, PROVIDENCE 21
Providence 4 4 9 4 - 21
South Meck 17 15 9 14 - 55
PROVIDENCE 21 — Fillnow 2, Roberts 2, Brooks 2, Fuller 4, Avery Detenber 11
SOUTH MECK 55 — Young 8, Kaitlyn Hensley 1, Nykira Arrington 15, Brown 5, Grant 5, Kluttz 8, Cleophat 2, Miller 2.
Notable: Beside’s NyKira Arrington’s triple double, South Meck’s Kaitlyn Hensley a good shooting night going 2 for 3 from 3-point range to end with 10 points. Hope Kluttz finished the night shooting 44% from the field.
NO. 7 CONCORD ACADEMY 79, LAB U PREP 50
CONCORD ACADEMY 79 — Justice Alexander 32, Ava McDermott 13, Taylor Smith 12, Faith Bekich 12, Jayla Brower 8, Quinn Hicks 2
LAB U 50 — Kali 23, Callie 22, Mia 3, Sophie 2
NO. 12 CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 74, METROLINA CHRISTIAN 29
Country Day 31 16 20 7 — 74
Metrolina Christian 8 16 6 7 — 29
COUNTRY DAY 74 — Sam Vanderhave 19, Margaret Blythe 17, Evelyn Turner 12, Bigham 9, Crane 6, Starnes 4, Little 3, Bharti 2, Liles 2
METROLINA CHRISTIAN 29 — Alaina Griffin 13, King 6, Mullinax 4, Goodwin 3, Corlsow 2, Turner 1
Record: Country Day 2-0
NO. 14 HICKORY RIDGE 61, INDEPENDENCE 6
Hickory Ridge 27 20 7 7 — 61
Independence 0 0 4 2 — 6
HICKORY RIDGE 61 — M.Gidney 23, Leathers 16, Hamilton 6, Juarez 5, Powell 5, Johnson 2, Duley 2, Pompei 2
INDEPENDENCE 6 — Robles 3, Green 2, Brown 1
Records: Hickory Ridge 2-0. Independence 0-1
Notable: Ma-Kaela Gidney paced the Ragin Bulls with 23 points and 7 steals. Amya Leathers had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks.
RALEIGH OAK CITY PREP 72, NO. 16 PROVIDENCE DAY 26
Providence Day 6 6 12 2 — 26
Oak City Prep 17 27 20 8 — 72
PROVIDENCE DAY 26 — Ginny Anne Dumont 12 Clark 6 Carson 4 O’Malley 4
OAK CITY 72 — Sanai Cole 16 Asia Burton 19 Sky Donnie 10 Kaylin McKoy 14 Word 6 Goodwin 4 Pernell 3
Records: Providence Day 0-3
ASHEVILLE 51, LINCOLN CHARTER 39
Asheville 16 10 09 16 — 51
LCHS 08 05 16 10 — 39
ASHEVILLE 51 — Hernandez 22, Watkins 11, Wilson 6, Jaza Wilson 7, Cutshaw 3, Robinson 2
LCHS 39 — Claire David 11, Symphanie Stevens 8, Kaylyn Cherry 8, Martha Guinle 6, Brenna Barbier 6
Records Asheville 4-0 LCHS 0-1
Notes: LCHS started slow but fought back in the second half. Claire David led LCHS with 11 points, followed by Symphanie Stevens and Kaylyn Cherry with 8 each. LCHS next game is Friday at Porter Ridge.
CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 54, ARDREY KELL 51
CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 14 9 13 15 — 54
ARDREY KELL 7 16 12 16 — 51
CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 54 — Maggie Kernodle 21, Shea 15, Tucker 6, Fey 6, Pisacano 4, Lupinski 2
ARDREY KELL 51 — Layla Mapp 17, McCoy 13, Glahn 11, Turner 6, Sahayaraj 2
Records: CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 1-0; ARDREY KELL 1-1
Notes: Kristal Mainsah picks up her first win as head coach of Charlotte Catholic Cougars.
FORESTVIEW 62, EAST GASTON 19
Forestview 16 19 19 8 — 62
East Gaston 2 5 19 0 — 19
FORESTVIEW 62 — Amani Neely 19, Miangel Thompson 14, Springs 9, Potter 5, Forgan 4, Johnson 4, Davis-Patterson 4, Baker 3
EAST GASTON 19 — Ariens 5, Rymer 4, Lilja 3, Hagler 3, Gibson 2, Deal 2
Notable: For Forestview, Miangel Thompson had seven rebounds and seven assists. Springs had seven rebounds and Davis-Patterson had seven rebounds. Forestview (1-0) hosts Newton’s Fred T. Foard on Monday.
HICKORY GROVE 42, CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 31
Charlotte Christian 7 9 8 7 — 31
Hickory Grove 11 13 15 3 — 42
HICKORY GROVE 42 — Williams 14, Flanary 12, Feaster 6, Greywoode 5, Haigler 3, Martin 2
CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 31 — Spang 9, Manry 8, Parascand 5, Fair 5, Maxwell-Wright 4
LINCOLNTON 56, CHERRYVILLE 47
LINCOLNTON 56 — Curmia Tillman 15, Nyla Johnson 11, Aidyn Armstrong 11, De Los Santos 9, Smith 4, Rhyne 6
MAIDEN 66, ASHBROOK 50
Ashbrook 15 11 10 14 — 50
Maiden 8 25 22 11 — 66
ASHBROOK 50 — Jakyra Sadler 17, Duraejah Hardin 14, Arianna McDowell 10, Chloe morales 5, Roykyiah Diange 2, Zuri Hayes 2.
Record: Ashbrook 0-1
Notable: Ashbrook played it season-opener. Duraejah Hardin made four 3-point shots.
PARKWOOD 41, CUTHBERTSON 36
Cuthbertson 5 6 18 12 — 36
Parkwood 11 15 10 5 — 41
CUTHBERTSON 36 — Amayah Rogers 19, Nkembeng 11, Howell 6,
PARKWOOD 41 — Bell 12, Vaughn 11, Owen 9, Parker 4, Fowler 3, Delli Colli 2
Records: Cuthbertson 0-1; Parkwood 1-0
WESTMINSTER CATAWBA 46, SOUTH CHARLOTTE THUNDER 35
Westminster Catawba 12 7 16 11 — 46
South Charlotte Thunder 7 15 9 4 — 35
WESTMINSTER CATAWBA 46 -- Colclough Graham 4, Bella Sherer 5, Leah Ross 17, Kaylani LaDay 1, Caidyn Campbell 10, Myana Fore 9
SOUTH CHARLOTTE THUNDER 35 -- A Tallent 4, C Lancaster 3, B Aitchison 6, M Koziol 4, S Ramos 2, M Aitchison 4, C Gidney 12
Notables: Caidyn Campbell hits a double double with 13 rebounds and 10 points
Record: 2-1
WEST CABARRUS 43, PIEDMONT 29
West Cabarrus 10 10 19 4 — 43
Piedmont 8 6 8 5 — 29
WEST CABARRUS 43 — Shariah White 11, Silas 8, Simmons 7, Griffin 6, Warner 6, Neal 5
PIEDMONT 29 — Christie Battle 10, Thomas 7, Lungust 2, Pressley 4, Pippen 1, Allen 5
Records: West Cabarrus 1-1; Piedmont 0-1
Notable: West Cabarrus’ Shariah White had 11 points, five steals, five rebounds and two assists.
This story was originally published November 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM.
