Saturday’s rewind: Butler, Terrance Badio roll past West Charlotte at Hoops Challenge
Butler High’s Terrance Badio picked a good day to have a good day.
Playing in front of a good crowd in the finale of the Charlotte Hoops Challenge, Badio poured in 25 points to lead the Bulldogs to a 59-45 win over West Charlotte at Harding High School.
“They couldn’t stop me and I did what I do best: Get to the hole every time,” Badio said. “So I was just creating my own shots.”
Butler, off to a 3-0 start, trailed 28-26 at halftime but pulled away with a superb defensive effort in the second half. The Bulldogs limited West Charlotte to 7-for-28 shooting in the final two quarters and outscored the Lions 33-17.
Badio made 7 of 10 field goals and 10 of 12 free throws to get his 25 points. He added six rebounds, an assist and a steal. Teammates Isaiah White (13 points, seven rebounds, six steals) and Reece Starnes (11 points, seven rebounds) also had good games.
West Charlotte (2-1) got 17 points, six rebounds from Chase Bryson.
Stuart Hall wins Buckets Brand title at Charlotte Hoops Challenge
Former Davidson Day coach Jeff Lafave brought his Stuart Hall (VA) team to play in the Charlotte Hoops Challenge this weekend.
Stuart Hall beat Charlotte Country Day 65-58 in the championship game of the four-team “Buckets Brand” bracket. Inside the invitational tournament, organizers annually hold a four-team event with a champion crowned. The other games are one-off individual matchups.
In the final, Stuart Hall used a 16-8 second-quarter spurt to get some cushion and held off Country Day late. Stuart Hall got 22 points from Owen Laver and 14 from Wade Bland.
North Meck boys, girls win Holden Classic
North Mecklenburg’s boys’ and girls’ teams won the Leroy Holden Classic at North Meck on Saturday.
The tournament is named for the longtime Vikings boys basketball coach and athletic director.
In the girls final, tournament MVP Lenise Joseph of North Mecklenburg had 23 points in an 83-43 win over JM Robinson from Cabarrus County.
Joseph and the Vikings led 27-7 after the first quarter and 46-19 at halftime.
In the boys’ final, the Vikings, No. 3 in The Sweet 16, blew open a relatively close game in the second half to beat No. 9 Mooresville 81-57.
North Meck led 35-28 at halftime before winning easily behind 32 points from College of Charleston commit Chadlyn Traylor and 19 each from Ashton Pierce and Carson Evans.
Holden Classic All-Tournament
Girls
Alise Lamount Porter Ridge
Camry Hobbs JM Robinson
Stephanie Mobley North Meck
Shanon Hoover North Meck
Linese Joseph North Meck (MVP)
Boys
Nolan Ericson Mooresville
Kyrie Wilson Mooresville
Carson Evans North Meck
Ashton Pierce North Meck (MVP)
Chadlyn Traylor North Meck (MVP)
Saturday’s #BIG5 top performers
Justice Alexander, Concord Academy girls: The 6-foot-1 freshman had 29 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists in a 60-48 win over Ardrey Kell at the Charlotte Hoops Challenge. She made 13 of 15 free-throw attempts.
Margaret Blythe, Sam Vanderhave, Olive Bigham, Charlotte Country Day: The three Bucs scored at least 20 points each in an 80-53 win over Myers Park at the Charlotte Hoops Challenge: Bigham (21 points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals); Blythe (24 points, six rebounds, six assists, three steals) and Vanderhave (24 points, five assists, three steals, two rebounds). Country Day, No. 11 in The Sweet 16, improved to 6-1.
Kenan Dixon, Sean Nix, Evan Ingram, Cannon School: The three Cougars each had big games in an 89-66 win over Statesville at the Phenom Hoops’ Lakesgiving tournament at Lake Norman High. Dixon had 27 points, two steals; Nix had 26 points, eight rebounds, three steals, two assists; and Ingram had 16 points, eight rebounds and two steals.
Cameron Newman, Gaston Christian: In a 62-36 win over Sweet 16 No. 15 South Mecklenburg at the Phenom Hoops Lakesgiving tournament, Newman led No. 12 Gaston Christian to a big win. He finished with 23 points, six steals, four rebounds and three assists.
Justin Whitfield, Victory Christian: In an 89-67 win over Westminster Catawba at the Charlotte Hoops Challenge, Whitfield made 10 of 16 field goals, including 5 of 7 3-point attempts and finished with 30 points, six assists, six steals and two rebounds.
Saturday’s girls box scores
CHARLOTTE HOOPS CHALLENGE
NO. 1 CANNON SCHOOL 82, GREENSBORO DAY 46
Greensboro Day 8 11 15 12 — 46
Cannon School 18 18 22 24 — 82
GREENSBORO DAY 46 — Candice Williams 11, White 2, Headen 2, Liz Wyrick 15, Snipes 2, Samantha Collins 11, Grasty 2, Joseph 1
CANNON SCHOOL 82 — Gaskin 7, Dixon 4, Thompson 2, Madison Draytono 26, Brooke Busy 14, Maya McCorkle 11, Love 2, Hina Nakamura 10, Thompson 6
Notable: Cannon routed a traditional private school power behind 26 points, six rebounds, six steals and two assists from guard Madison Drayton. Cannon forced 29 turnovers in the game.
NO. 6 CONCORD ACADEMY 60, ARDREY KELL 48
Concord Academy 17 11 14 18 — 60
Ardrey Kell 7 13 15 13 — 48
CONCORD ACADEMY 60 — Brower 2, Quinn Hicks 13, Taylor Smith 11, Justice Alexander 29, Bekich 5
ARDREY KELL 48 — Kayla Adarkwah 10, Layla Mapp 10, Veal 4, Glahn 9, McCoy 9, Turner 6
NO. 11 CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 80, MYERS PARK 53
Country Day 17 21 21 21 — 80
Myers Park 11 16 12 14 — 53
COUNTRY DAY 80 — Margaret Blythe 24, Bharti 1, Sam Vanderhave 24, Crane 4, Turner 4, Olive Bigham 21, Starnes 2
MYERS PARK 53 — Cole 2, Christian 4, Hopkins 2, Amani Barner 18, Moore 5, Reich 7, McDaniel 11, Thomason 4
Notable: Country Day led 38-27 at halftime and used a 21-12 third-quarter push to pull away.
PHENOM HOOPS LAKESGIVING
NO. 2 LAKE NORMAN 84, QUEENS GRANT 39
LAKE NORMAN 84 — Kaiya Bond 11, Kelsey Rhyne 24, Rayana Minard 12, Williams 4, Sherrill 8, Samantha Shehan 23
QUEENS GRANT 39 — Garris 7, Za’Miya Bynum 21, Sustar 2, Smith 7
Notable: Lake Norman stayed unbeaten and gave 1A Queens Grant (5-1) its first loss. Queens Grant freshman Za’Miya Bynum had 21 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Lake Norman’s Kelsey Rhyne (24 points, five assists, three rebounds, three steals) and Samantha Shehan (23 points) had big games.
LEROY HOLDEN CLASSIC
NO. 5 NORTH MECKLENBURG 83, JM ROBINSON 43
North Mecklenburg 27 19 18 19 — 83
JM Robinson 7 12 10 14 — 43
NORTH MECKLENBURG 83 — Lenise Joesph 23, Morgan Knox 12, Nai’jaalia Blake 12, Stephanie Mobley 10, Hoover 8, Reid 6, Coyour 4, Smith 4, Leach 3, Pimentel 2
JM ROBINSON 43 — Camri Hobbs 27, Chambers 7, Rucker 4, McNeil 3, Young 2,
Notable: North Meck (2-0) plays at Berry Dec. 5
REGIONAL BOXSCORES
SOUTH CALDWELL 38 JACKSON DAY 37
South Caldwell 14 11 9 4 — 38
Jackson Day 15 6 7 9 — 37
SOUTH CALDWELL 38 — Ava Anderson 22, Ka Setzer 2, Weisner 2, Ke Setzer 3, Barber 9, Wilks, Whitman, Smith
JACKSON DAY 37 — Phillips 6, Wilson 7, Ashford 8, Laylah Toscano 16
Record: South Caldwell (5-1)
WESTERN ALAMANCE 63, PROVIDENCE DAY 41
Providence Day 12 12 11 6 — 41
Western Alamance 8 18 17 20 — 63
PROVIDENCE DAY 41 — Dumont 8 Clark 6 Nowlin 2 Stuart 8 Carson 8 Ramsden 4 O’Malley 2 Fyans 3
WESTERN ALAMANCE 63 — Regan Averett 15 Allie Skyes 17 Benitez 3 Burres 2 Johnson 6 Coller 7 Mitchell 2 Bowers 6 White 5
Record: Providence Day 2-5
Saturday’s boys box scores
CHARLOTTE HOOPS CHALLENGE
NO. 4 CONCORD ACADEMY 68, AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN 48
Concord Academy 12 19 17 20 — 68
Ambassador 16 11 13 8 — 48
CONCORD ACADEMY 68 — Austin 4, Bakadisula 4, Lincoln Raper 17, Jake Benham 13, Boyer 5, James Minlend 12, Alex Kornacki 13
AMBASSADOR 48 — JD Bowden 12, King 4, Johnson 8, Guess 2, Dylan Deluca 10, Golphin 5, Brown 7
Notable: After trailing 16-12 in the first quarter, Concord Academy dominated the rest of the game, winning the second quarter 19-11 and the fourth 20-8.
NO. 5 PROVIDENCE DAY 53, GREENSBORO DAY 50
Greensboro Day 15 9 11 15 — 50
Providence Day 9 16 2 8 — 53
GREENSBORO DAY 50 — Palmore 3, Giant 8, Addison Newkirk 15, Flagg 5, Gunter 3, Trace Moffitt 12, Adigun 4
PROVIDENCE DAY 53 — Haynes 4, Johnson 5, Nick Hailey 13, Dunn 3, Jonah Lawrence 17, Winston 2, Battier 9
NO. 12 GASTON CHRISTIAN 62, NO. 15 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 36
SOUTH MECKLENBURG 36 — Williams 1, Houpt 8, Yet 4, Myles Howard 18, Page 2, Sanner 3
GASTON CHRISTIAN 62 — Mabor Marier 4, Williams 5, Cameron Newman 23, Jeremy Duhon 14, Carpenter 3, Joy 1, Katsoulas 4, Souther 6, Luke 2
BUTLER 59, WEST CHARLOTTE 45
Butler 16 10 12 21 — 59
West Charlotte 8 20 9 8 — 45
BUTLER 59 — Terrance Bado 25, Grier 6, Isaiah White 13, Reece Starnes 11, Chandler 2, Branch 2
WEST CHARLOTTE 45 — Chase Bryson 17, Pressley 8, Williams 4, Pressley 3, Kane 4, Grier 5, Womack 4
COVENANT DAY 75, MYERS PARK 70
Covenant Day 18 22 16 19 — 75
Myers Park 21 13 16 20 — 70
COVENANT DAY 75 — Tyree White 1, Chris Rivens 22, Micah Huffman 20, Haggarty 3, Wilder 5, Smith 6, McSweeney 9
MYERS PARK 70 — Walters 6, Hines 6, Bram Early 11, AJ Jamison 16, Loch Nzezeault 13, Hall 2, Nelson 2, Ayo Awosanya 14
Notable: After trailing 21-18 after the first quarter, allowing Myers Park to shoot 66 percent. Covenant Day clamped down defensively, holding the Mustangs to under 40 percent shooting the rest of the way
HOPEWELL 71, EAST MECKLENBURG 60
Hopewell 14 16 14 27 — 71
East Meck 9 18 8 25 — 60
HOPEWELL 71 — Cooke 9, Michael Brown 23, Rice 6, Kyle Broughton 18, Arqel Jones 11, Clarke 4
EAST MECK 60 — Wright 5, Johnson 6, James McIver 11, Ahmari Hicks 19, Caldwell 1, Ramirez 1, Jordan Buzzard 17
Notable: Hopewell’s MIchael Brown (23 points, six assists) and Kyle Broughton (18 points, 5 of 9 3-pointers) led the Titans to the win, shooting 64 percent from the field.
STUART HALL (VA) 65, CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 58
Country Day 15 8 18 17 — 58
Stuart Hall 17 16 15 17 — 65
COUNTRY DAY 58 — Lindsey 14, Diaz 13, Davis 7, Lowery 10, Schulze 3, Youakim 11
STUART HALL 65 — Scott 7, Wade Bland 14, Fields 7, Owen Laver 22, Payne 4, Tiberius Fields 11
VICTORY CHRISTIAN 89, WESMINSTER CATAWBA 67
Westminster 6 22 15 24 — 67
Victory Christian 22 18 22 27 — 89
WESTMINSTER 67 — Kaleb Santos 14, Reeves 8, Ryder Henderson 18, Miles Hayes 12, Quinn 9, LIttlejohn 6
VICTORY 89 — Perry 7, Chapman 3, Justyn Whitfield 30, McLaughlin 4, Panos Kalkavouras 15, Johnson 9, Kintish 3, Graham 7, Abubkar Cham 11
PHENOM LAKESGIVING
NO. 1 LAKE NORMAN 77, HIGH POINT CHRISTIAN 55
LAKE NORMAN 77 — Crums 2, Yahes 8, Tre McKinnon 19, Taurean McKinnon 4, Nick Arnold 24, Trent Steinour 19
HIGH POINT CHRISTIAN 55 — Davis 6, Williams 5, Max Van Weerduizen 12, Toot Clay 14, Bennett 7, Mitchell 7, Gyabaah 4
Notable: Lake Norman, No. 1 in The Sweet 16, got big games from Appalachian State signee Tre McKinnon (19 points, four rebounds, two assists), Nick Arnold (24 points, seven rebounds, four steals, three assists) and Clemson recruit Trent Steinour (19 points, 11 rebounds, six blocks) in a runaway win.
QUEENS GRANT 67, NO. 11 WEDDINGTON 61
WEDDINGTON 61 — Mason Zepp 13, Ford 3, Jefferson 2, Nnaji 6, Vick 4, KJ Younger 30, Muteb 3
QUEENS GRANT 67 — Bobby Montgomery 17, Scott 5, White 1, DeBerry 6, Allen 9, Clark 4, Chase Smith 12, Ian Howard 11
Notable: A young Queens Grant team pulled off a big upset, led by Howard (11 ponts, six rebounds, four assists); Smith (12 points, six rebounds, two assists); and Montgomery (17 points, four assists). UNC-Greensboro recruit KJ Younger had 30 points, seven steals, three rebounds and three assists for Weddington.
ARDREY KELL 78, NORTH LINCOLN 71
NORTH LINCOLN 71 — Ben Heavner 16, Nick Whitener 14, Chandler 6, Kellen Karr 17, Ty Sanders 18
ARDREY KELL 78 — Brett Freeman 26, Matthew Craft 22, Stankavage 3, Morrison 2, Braden Suggs 14, Bryce Thomas 11
Notable: Ardrey Kell’s Matthew Craft was 8 for 8 from the free-throw line down the stretch to seal the win. The Knights’ Bryce Thomas had 11 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three blocks. Ardrey Kell improved to 3-1 and will host the State Farm Classic tournament at home Thursday and Friday.
CANNON SCHOOL 89, STATESVILLE 66
STATESVILLE 66 — Lackey 3, Smith 7, Cauthen 7, Jehahj Sherrill 4, Brown 4, Grant 1, Kevin Bryant 20, MJ Gladden 16, Tillman 4
CANNON SCHOOL 89 — Kenan Dixon 27, Sancho 7, Steinour 6, Sean Nix 26, Evan Ingram 16, Saltzman 4, Sheir 3
CARMEL CHRISTIAN 71, MARVIN RIDGE 48
MARVIN RIDGE 48 — Ratike 7, Hutchens 2, Dunn 8, Payne 6, Rivlin 1, Henry Smith 12, Gargus 3, Snyder 2
CARMEL CHRISTIAN 71 — Chandler Kennedy 23, David 2, Little 2, Bowman 4, Miles Leaks 11, Daniel Guandolo 25
Notable: For Carmel Christian, Guandolo (25 points, two rebounds) and Kennedy (23 points, seven rebounds, five assists, two steals) had big games.
HOLDEN CLASSIC
NO. 3 NORTH MECKLENBURG 81, NO. 9 MOORESVILLE 57
Mooresville 16 12 12 17 — 57
North Mecklenburg 18 17 20 26 — 81
MOORESVILLE 57 — Kyrie Wilson 13, Nolan Ericson 13, J. Bailey 8, Clark 8, E. Bailey 7, Demby 5, Oloyede 3
NORTH MECKLENBURG 81 — Chadlyn Traylor 32, Ashton Pierce 19, Carson Evans 19, Williams 3, Estwick 3, Lewandowski 3, Estell 2
