Tuesday’s basketball rewind: Which Charlotte-area teams, players, had big nights?
Most of the state’s public schools don’t start playing until Friday, but there were several high school basketball games among private schools on Tuesday.
Below we’ve got a full recap, plus the upcoming schedule.
Tuesday’s #BIG5 top performers
Za’Miya Bynum, Queen’s Grant: In a win over Ambassador Christian, Bynum had 18 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, two rebounds and two blocks.
Madison Drayton and Brooke Busby, Cannon girls: The duo combined for 34 points as the Cougars, No. 1 in The Observer’s Sweet 16, beat No. 8 Concord Academy 69-55.
MJ Littlejohn, Westminter Catawba: Littlejohn had his second straight in double digits in a 68-44 win over Greater Cabarrus. He finished with a team-high 17 points.
James Minlend, Cannon School: Minlend had a team-high 19 points in an 80-37 win over Cannon School.
RJ Moore, Ambassador Christian: Had a game-high 20 points in a 51-48 win over 2A public school power Queen’s Grant. Queen’s Grant played without its top player, Chase Smith, for the second straight time.
Tuesday’s boys’ box scores
AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN 51, QUEEN’S GRANT 48
Queens Grant - 2 17 16 13 — 48
Ambassador Christian - 11 12 16 12 — 51
QUEEN’S GRANT 48 — Preston Scott 15, Bobby Montgomery 7, Cannon DeBerry 7, Ethan McSweeny 7
AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN 51 — RJ Moore 20, Judah King 12, Nick Haney 9 Records: Queens Grant - (3-2); Ambassador Christian - (1-1)
CONCORD ACADEMY 80, CANNON SCHOOL 37
Concord Academy 18 23 27 12 — 80 Cannon 9 15 8 6 — 37
CONCORD ACADEMY 80 — James MInlend 19, Lincoln Raper 18, Cruz Miller 13, Jonas Agyeman 8, Romain Boyer 8, Modou Ndiaye 6, Mata Vidakovic 4, Jordan Pierce 4
CANNON 37 — Sean Nix 12, DJ Rogers 11, Braylen Weaks 6, Carter Lowry 5, Tommy Underwood 2, Daniel Hailey 1
Notable: Concord Academy (3-0) next game 11/14 vs. Concord Academy; Cannon (0-2) next game 11/14 @ Gaston Day
COVENANT DAY 84, NORTHPOINT 32
Covenant Day 22 20 23 19 — 84
NorthPoint 8 7 9 8 — 32
COVENANT DAY 84 — Krouse 9, Thurman 8, Wilder 9, Montgomery 10, Thompson 11, Wang 3, Barry 2, Smith 10, Huffman 6, Stanley 7, Oaks 9
NORTHPOINT 32 — Spann 11, Ostoburg 8, Alvis 4, Torey 2, White 4, Holst 3
FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY 95, VICTORY CHRISTIAN 42
Victory 15 18 15 22 — 72
FCDS 31 9 33 22 — 95
VICTORY 72 — McKennon Showers 20, Coulter 14, Rank 11, Johnson 8, Kintish 7, Massengo 6, Marshall 4, White 2
FORSYTH 95 —Connor 23, Graham 20, Williams 12, Adams 10, Gomez 8, Moody 5, Greene 4, Dalton 4, Van Weerdnizen 3 Butler 2
Records: VCCS 0-4, FCDS 3-0
Notable: McKennon Showers had 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals and 1 deflection for VCCS.
WESTMINSTER 68, GREATER CABARRUS 44 Westminster 11 19 21 17 — 70
Greater Cabarrus 12 7 15 10 — 44 WESTMINSTER 70 — MJ Littlejohn 17, Trey Guess 12, Gannon Parker 10, D. Quinn 8, W. Spatola 8, R. Henderson 7, L. Fiorini 3, B. Friddle 3, J. Fleming 2
GREATER CABARRUS 44 — Pracht 6, Ben M 8, Everett B 9, Seth G 4, Patrick 4, Xavier 11, Joe W 2 Notable: MJ Littlejohn, Gannon Parker and Trey Guess have all started the season out scoring in double figures for two straight games for Westminster Catawba.
Tuesday’s girls’ box scores
(Includes Observer Sweet 16 rankings)
NO. 1 CANNON SCHOOL 69, NO. 8 CONCORD ACADEMY 55
Cannon School 69 10 13 25 21 — 69
Concord Academy 55 11 12 17 15 — 55 CANNON SCHOOL 69 — Madison Drayton 18, Brooke Busby 16, Jakaila Gaskin 13, Nakamura 7, Love 7, Thompson 4, Ndubueze 2, M. Larkins 2
CONCORD ACADEMY 55 — Justice Alexander 24, Janiyah. F 7, Jada P 6, Quinn H 6, Taylor S 6, Victorian C. 6, Ava M. 2 Records: Cannon 2-1; Concord Academy 1-1
NO. 12 QUEEN’S GRANT 63, AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN 43
Queens Grant: 15 23 11 14 — 63
Ambassador Christian: 8 20 6 8 — 42 QUEEN’S GRANT 63 — Za’Mya Bynum 18, Casey Smith 16, Malone Hicks 12, Misa Garris 10, Wilson 5, Chisholm 2
AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN 42 — Amelia Layton 11, Faulkner 8, Bekich 6, Gabby Trey-Mebane 12, Miller 2, Kirwin 2, Taylor 1, 42 Notables: Queens Grant got big nights from: Za’Miya Bynum 18 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, two rebounds, 2 blocks; Casey Smith 16 points, six rebounds, two steals, block; Malone Hicks 12 points, 12 rebounds, three steals, two assists, Misa Garris 10 points, three assists, one steal, and Gia Wilson five points, six steals, two rebounds, two assists. Records: Queens Grant 3-0; Ambassador Christian 0-1
COVENANT DAY 65, NORTHPOINT 8
NorthPoint 0 2 3 3 — 8
Covenant Day 25 11 16 13 — 65 NORTHPOINT 8 — Giles 2, McKsemeko 3, Harrell 3
COVENANT DAY 65 — deBuhr 2, Nelson 5, Lila Jones 11, Vandiver 6, Charlotte Hall 20, Allen 7, Van Der Schaff 4, Avery Houseton 10 Records: NorthPoint 0-1; CDS 1-0
FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY 61, VICTORY CHRISTIAN 45
Victory Christian 10 10 14 11 — 45
Forsyth Country Day 11 5 21 24 — 61
VICTORY CHRISTIAN 45 — Aylin Villarreal 10, Lanice Yearwood 9
FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY 61 — Gigi Lyons 17, Landry Tsunjii 22 Records: Victory 0-4
GASTON DAY 46, UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN 10
Gaston Day 23 12 10 4 — 46 University Christian 3 3 4 0 — 10 GASTON DAY 46 — Paula Mattern 18, Lauren Basanez 11, McKenna Brown 10, Audrey McCoy 4, Freeda Belbase 2, Julia Weatherly 2 UNIVERSITY 10 — K Tompkins 8, K Lovington 2 Records: GDS 2-0, University Christian 0-1 Notable: Gaston Day freshman McKenna Brown tallied her second straight double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds) after going for 16 points, 11 rebounds in Friday’s home opener with Piedmont Charter.
METROLINA CHRISTIAN 36, SOUTH CHARLOTTE THUNDER 24
Metrolina 11 6 9 10 — 36
South Chalrotte 8 0 4 12 — 24
METROLINA 36 — Griffin 16, Van Zutphen 6, Goodwin 6, Fullwood 5, Trent 2, Crowe 1
WESTMINSTER CATAWBA 28, GREATER CABARRUS 24
GCAA 7 0 9 8 — 24
WCCS 7 8 0 13 — 28 GREATER CABARRUS — K Guillams 7, A Miller 5
GREATER CABARRUS 24 — Grace Dixon 12, Ashlynn Giesler 7
Records: GCAA 1-1; WCCS 1-1
Upcoming schedule
Wednesday
Nonconference
Bessemer City at Hunter Huss
Pageland (SC) Central at Piedmont (boys), 7 p.m.
Piedmont Community Charter at Lab Univ. Christian (boys), 7 p.m.
Thursday
Nonconference
Arborbrook Christian at Charlotte Christian (boys), 7:30 p.m.
Concord Academy at Charlotte Country Day (girls), 5:30 p.m.
Covenant Day at High Point Wesleyan (boys), 7 p.m.
Jackson Day at Charlotte Christian (girls), 6 p.m.
Lee Park Prep at Gaston Day, 5:30 p.m.
Metrolina Christian at Charlotte Country Day (boys), 7 p.m.
Miller Creek Christian at Statesville Christian, 5 p.m.
Queen’s Grant Charter at Carmel Christian, 5:30 p.m.
Victory Christian at Providence Day (girls), 5:30 p.m.
Friday
Phenom Hoops Tip-Off
(at Davidson Day)
(boys)
Phoenix Montessori vs. Winston-Salem Christian, 5 p.m.
Ambassador Christian vs. Combine Academy, 6:30 p.m.
Davidson Day vs. Providence Day, 8 p.m.
Mecklenburg nonconference
Carmel School at Concord Academy, 5:30 p.m.
Christ School at Victory Christian (boys), 6:30 p.m.
Corvian Community at Lincolnton
Garinger at Ballantyne
Hopewell at Thomasville (girls), 6 p.m.
Lake Norman Charter at Union Academy
Liberty Prep at Hickory Grove Christian, 5:30 p.m.
Mallard Creek at Rocky River
Mooresville at Community School of Davidson (girls), 5 p.m.
South Mecklenburg at Ardrey Kell
West Mecklenburg at Berry Acadewmy
Area nonconference
Ashbrook at Bessemer City
Cabarrus Stallions at Langtree Charter
Cannon School at Gaston Day (boys), 7 p.m.
East Gaston at North Gaston
Freedom at Cuthbertson (girls), 6 p.m.
Hickory Christian at Gaston Day (girls), 5:30 p.m.
Highland Tech at Piedmont Community Charter
Lee Park Prep at Gaston Christian (boys), 7 p.m.
Spartanburg Day at Westminster Catawba (girls), 5:30 p.m.
Sun Valley at Anson County
Weddington at Cox Mill
Winston-Salem Christian at Cannon School (girls), 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Phenom Hoops Tip-Off
(at Davidson Day)
(boys)
Hopewell vs. Mallard Creek, noon
Chambers vs. Forsyth Country Day, 1:30 p.m.
Combine Academy vs. Phoenix Montessori, 3 p.m.
Providence Day vs. Gaston Christian, 4:30 p.m.
Concord Academy vs. Winston-Salem Christian, 6 p.m.
Davidson Day vs. Christ School, 7:30 p.m.
Nonconference
Asheville School at SouthLake Christian, 1 p.m.
Cabarrus Stallions at Chatham Home School (girls), 4 p.m.
Legacy Prep at Charlotte Country Day, 1:30 p.m.
Victory Christian at Jackson Day (boys), 6 p.m.
Winston-Salem Christian at Concord Academy (boys), 6:30 p.m..
This story was originally published November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM.
