Thursday’s girls’ rewind: No. 11 Cannon stops No. 6 Providence Day on the road
Providence Day was missing injured star Ginny Anne Dumont and Cannon School took advantage, getting a big CISAA conference road win Thursday.
Cannon School’s 53-41 win likely gives the Cougars the inside track to the league championship.
“I thought we played really well,” Cannon School coach Kelvin Drakeford said. “I thought it was a rough start, going into halftime 19-18. No true flow to the game with a lot of whistles. But in the second half, I thought we adjusted to the whistle and started defending the way we’re capable of defending, and we were able to create a lead from there.”
Cannon (17-6, 5-0) won its third straight game and ended Providence Day’s six-game win streak. London Truesdale led Cannon with 15 points. Jaida McClure, an Appalachian State recruit, led Providence Day with 16 points.
The Chargers (18-4, 4-1) will likely need to win the rematch at Cannon on Feb. 6 to have a chance at forcing a tie for the conference title, assuming both teams win out against other conference foes.
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Early start for Friday’s games, at least in CMS
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will operate on a two-hour weather delay Friday. The district is also canceling junior varsity basketball games, usually held before varsity games tip off.
That will allow varsity games to start at 5 and 6:30 p.m., hopefully finishing ahead of snow expected to reach the area late Friday evening.
All CMS weekend athletic events are canceled.
North Meck routs West Charlotte, warming up for Mallard Creek
North Mecklenburg closed out its first-half schedule of the Meck Power Six 7A/8A Conference in impressive fashion Thursday night as it prepares to host Mallard Creek on Friday.
The visiting Vikings roared past West Charlotte 73-23 in a game in which North Mecklenburg scored the first 16 points and the running clock mercy rule was used for the entire second half.
Lenise Joseph led North Mecklenburg (17-2, 4-1), the No. 2-ranked Class 7A girls team in the state, as it beat the Lions for the 20th straight time. Joseph had a game-high 17 points.
The Vikings were playing their first game since last Thursday and hadn’t practiced since last Wednesday.
“We’re in the grips of Mother Nature,” North Mecklenburg coach Jennifer Baker said. “We haven’t practiced in more than a week, and we just had to dust off the cobwebs and stay focused.”
The Vikings host Mallard Creek at 5 p.m. Friday in a matchup between two of the top teams in the state. Mallard Creek, ranked No. 4 in Class 8A, won at home against North Mecklenburg, 49-46, on Jan. 6.
Thursday’s #BIG5 girls’ top performers
Kiara Anderson, Mallard Creek: One day before a massive showdown at North Mecklenburg, Anderson had 19 points, 8 steals, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in a 65-26 win at Chambers.
Kaiya Dodson, Ballantyne Ridge: Dodson had a game-high 20 points in a 77-41 win over Rocky River.
Jahnae Duncan, Central Cabarrus: In a 58-24 conference win over Olympic, Duncan had 16 points and seven assists.
Lenise Joseph, North Meck: Joseph had a game-high 17 points in a 73-23 win over West Charlotte.
London Truesdale, Cannon School: Truesdale had a team-high 15 points in a big win over Providence Day.
Thursday’s girls’ roundup
No. 10 Ardrey Kell outscored Providence 14-2 over the game’s final seven minutes and downed the host Panthers 51-39 Thursday night in a Southwestern 7A/8A first-place showdown.
The teams entered the game with 4-0 conference records, and they played to a standoff through the first 24 minutes.
Providence (12-6, 4-1) rallied from a 33-29 deficit late in the third quarter, getting a three-pointer and then a layup from Aaliyah Khan.
The Panthers expanded their lead to 35-33 before Layla Mapp scored a tying basket late in the third quarter.
The game was still tied 37-all with 7:08 to play, but Ardrey Kell (16-3, 5-0) scored on a basket by Mapp, two free throws by Autumn Washington, and a basket by Teanna Keenan.
GREATER CHARLOTTE 7A/8A
Garinger 40, West Mecklenburg 23
Hough 60, Hopewell 3
MECK POWER SIX 7A/8A
Butler 63, Independence 17
No. 3 Mallard Creek 65, Chambers 26: Kara Anderson’s 19 points and eight steals led the Mavericks (15-4, 5-0) past the Cougars (9-10, 2-3). Jazmeen Stone added 10 points for Mallard Creek.
SOUTHWESTERN 7A/8A
Ballantyne Ridge 77, Rocky River 41: Kaiya Dodson scored 20 points, and Natanya Chando added 19, as the Wolves (9-10, 2-3) drubbed the Ravens (7-12, 1-4). Ballantyne Ridge led only 13-11 after one quarter but outscored Rocky River 22-10 in the second quarter.
Palisades 44, East Mecklenburg 41: Jasmyn Ashbourne hit four-of-seven from three-point range, and the Pumas (8-9, 2-3) beat the host Eagles (7-12, 1-4). Ashbourne finished with 22 points, and Jala Jones added 10 points and nine rebounds.
CISAA
No. 11 Cannon School 53, No. 6 Providence Day 41
GREATER METRO 6A/7A
Central Cabarrus 58, Olympic 24: Jahnae Duncan scored 16 points and dished out seven assists, and Lily Rouse had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the visiting Vikings (12-7, 5-4) in the victory. O’Mere Walker led Olympic (2-17, 1-8) with 10 points.
Cox Mill 53, Harding 15
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 6A/7A
No. 7 Porter Ridge 61, Charlotte Catholic 54
BIG SOUTH 5A/6A
Hunter Huss 67, North Gaston 50: The Huskies’ sensational sophomore duo of Shemiah McCoy and SaRyah McCorkle accounted for 59 of the team’s points. McCoy scored 32 points and added seven rebounds. McCorkle had 27 points and 21 rebounds.
Huss improved to 12-5, 8-0, while North Gaston fell to 9-9, 3-5.
ROCKY RIVER 4A/5A
Monroe 58, Mount Pleasant 47: The visiting Redhawks (14-2, 6-1) built a 45-28 third-quarter lead and coasted past the Tigers (9-10, 5-3).
METROLINA ATHLETIC
No. 12 Concord Academy def. Gaston Day, forfeit
CATAWBA SHORES 2A/3A/4A
Corvian Community 49, Langtree Charter 26: The Cardinals (2-10, 2-7) won behind 14 points from Azaria Kimble. The Lions fell to 1-12, 0-9.
Lincoln Charter 48, Community School of Davidson 22: Kylie Riggenbach (13 points) and her sister Taylor (12) led the Eagles (13-4, 9-0), who remained atop the conference race. Martha Guinle added 11 points. Community School of Davidson is 10-9, 5-4).
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 2A/3A/4A
Highland Tech 52, Cherryville 34
No. 8 Stuart Cramer 75, Bessemer City 30: It was yet another big night for Oshauna Holland, who scored 45 points and added nine rebounds, eight assists and nine steals. Holland hit seven of her 10 three-point shots. The Storm (18-1, 11-0) also got 14 points from Lauren Humphrey, in sinking the Yellow Jackets to 6-13, 3-9.
CATAWBA RIVER 1A/2A/3A
Thomas Jefferson Academy 68, Carolina International 11
Friday’s high school basketball picks
Here are Friday’s high school basketball picks from the Talking Preps crew. How did we do?
Thursday’s girls’ box scores
NO. 2 NORTH MECKLENBURG 73, WEST CHARLOTTE 23
North Mecklenburg 27 23 13 10 — 73
West Charlotte 9 5 6 3 — 23
NORTH MECKLENBURG 73 — Mobley 5, Trotter 4, Blake 4, Newton 9, Jones 4, Lacy 9, Johnson 6, Spindle 6, Knox 7, Lenise Joseph 17
WEST CHARLOTTE 23 — Fox 2, Stitt 7, Grier 4, Reaves 2, Ginn 1, Gray 1, Moultrie 4, Grimes 2
Records: North Mecklenburg 17-2, 4-1; West Charlotte 10-8, 1-4.
NO. 3 MALLARD CREEK 65, CHAMBERS 26
Mallard Creek 14 16 18 17 — 65
Chambers 7 7 6 6 — 26
MALLARD CREEK 65 — Kiara Anderson 19, Young 7, McGuire 7, Jazmeen Stone 10, Smith 4, Faison 6, Campbell 5, Karpeh 6, Odoms 2, Gomillion 3
Notable: Mallard Creek senior Kiara Anderson finished with 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 8 steals. Jazmeen Stone finished with 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 assist. Chambers’ Amyia Martin finished with 6 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Records: Mallard Creek 15-4, 5-0; Chambers 9-10
NO. 10 ARDREY KELL 51, PROVIDENCE 39
Providence 8 9 18 4 —39
Ardrey Kell 8 14 15 14— 51
PROVIDENCE 39 — A. Detenber 5, M.Whitten 4, E. Fuller 7, A.Fillow 21, E.Stafford 2
ARDREY KELL 51 — Washington 21, Adarjwah 11, Mapp 4, Keenan 4, Shelton 9, Thurner 2
Records: Providence 12-6; Ballantyne Ridge 14-3
Notes: AK’s Washington scored her 1,000th point. Providence Fuller had 13 rebs.
NO. 11 CANNON SCHOOL 53, NO. 6 PROVIDENCE DAY 41
Providence Day 10 8 6 17 — 41
Cannon 7 12 15 19 — 53
PROVIDENCE DAY 41 — Jaida McClure 16 Colaizzi 3 Updyke 6 Clark 3 Carson 3 Ramsden 7 O’Malley 3
CANNON SCHOOL 53 — London Truesdale 15 Gaskin 7 Love 6 Larkins 8 Nakamura 2 Busby 7 Ndubueze 1 Thompson 7
BALLANTYNE RIDGE 77, ROCKY RIVER 41
Ballantyne Ridge 13 22 27 15 — 77
Rocky River 11 10 14 6 — 41
ROCKY RIVER 41 — Lundyn S. 16, Salia H. 8, Janiya F. 7, Ryan S. 5, Bailey M. 2, Ruth M. 2, Morgan T 1
BALLANTYNE RIDGE 77 — Kaiya Dodson 20, Natanya Chando 19, Jaela Brown 11, Caitlyn Glahn 8, Sara Simko 6, Madi Franklin 4, Eden Aklilu 3, Giana Love 3, Nataliyah Agbewali 2, Elise Dodds 1
Record: Ballantyne Ridge 9-10, 2-3
CENTRAL CABARRUS 58, OLYMPIC 24
Central 13 17 21 7 — 58
Olympic 6 6 5 7 — 24
CENTRAL CABARRUS 58 — Jahnae Duncan, 16, Lily Rouse 14, Nix 7, Fofana 7, Pickett 6, Arevalo 3, Gbonah 3, Moss 2
OLYMPIC 24 — Q’Mere Walker 10, James 6, McMurray 4, Smith 2 Galbreath 2
Notable: Central was led by Jahnae Duncan’s 16 points and 7 assists. Lily Rouse added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
LINCOLN CHARTER 48, COMMUNITY SCHOOL 22
Community School 4 9 5 4 — 22
Lincoln Charter 10 10 20 8 — 48
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF DAVIDSON 22 — McCormick 6, Farrucci 5, Jones 4, Parker 2, Rounds 2, Redman 2, Tomko 1
LINCOLN CHARTER 48 — Kylie Riggenbach 13, Taylor Riggenbach 12, Martha Guinle 11, Brenna Barbier 5, Kaylyn Cherry 2, Madalyn Westmoreland 2, Camryn David 2, Lillie Merrill 1
Records: CSD 10-9, LCHS 13-4
WEDNESDAY’S GIRLS’ ROUNDUP
No. 11 Cannon School 75, Charlotte Christian 13: Jakaila Gaskin scored 20 points as the host Cougars (11-6, 4-0 CISAA) put 12 players in the scoring column. Brooke Busby added 10 points for Cannon. The Knights fell to 6-13, 0-5.
Cuthbertson 51, Piedmont 36
Lake Norman Charter 69, Christ the King 53: Reece Long’s 24 points led the visiting Knights (17-1, 8-1) past the Crusaders (11-6, 5-4). Callie Genece and Sam Colantonio each added 14 points for Lake Norman Charter. Anna Haynes scored 15 for Christ the King.
No. 6 Providence Day 40, Charlotte Latin 25: The Hawks (18-4, 3-2 CISAA) jumped to an 11-8 first-quarter lead, but Providence Day (18-3, 4-0) outscored Latin 21-4 over the second and third periods. Julia O’Malley (14 points) and Katelyn Ramsden (11) led the Chargers.
Weddington 58, Sun Valley 18: Carolina Clark scored 17 points and had five steals as the Warriors (10-10, 5-3) logged a lopsided Southern Carolina 6A/7A victory. Mimi Burns added 12 for Weddington. Sun Valley slipped to 2-15, 0-7.
Friday’s schedule
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A
Hopewell at South Mecklenburg
Hough at West Mecklenburg
Myers Park at Garinger
Meck Power Six 7A/8A
Chambers at Butler
Mallard Creek at North Mecklenburg
West Charlotte at Independence
Southwestern 7A/8A
Ardrey Kell at Palisades
East Mecklenburg at Ballantyne Ridge
Providence at Rocky River
CISAA
Cannon School at Charlotte Country Day (girls, 5:30 p.m.; boys, 7 p.m.)
Charlotte Christian at Charlotte Latin (girls, 5:30 p.m.; boys, 7 p.m.)
Covenant Day at Providence Day (girls, 5:30 p.m.; boys, 7 p.m.)
Greater Charlotte 6A/7A
A.L. Brown at Olympic
Berry Academy at Hickory Ridge
Cox Mill at Central Cabarrus
West Cabarrus at Harding
North Piedmont 6A/7A
Mooresville at South Iredell
North Iredell at Davie County
Statesville at Lake Norman
Southern Carolina 6A/7A
Marvin Ridge at Weddington
Piedmont at Porter Ridge
Sun Valley at Cuthbertson
Big South 5A/6A
Crest at Forestview
North Gaston at Ashbrook
South Point at Hunter Huss
Rocky River 4A/5A
Anson County at Parkwood
Mount Pleasant at Forest Hills
West Stanly at Monroe
South Piedmont 4A/5A
Jay M. Robinson at West Rowan
Jesse Carson at East Rowan
Northwest Cabarrus at Concord
Salisbury at South Rowan
Western Foothills 4A/5A
East Lincoln at West Iredell
Fred T. Foard at Bandys
Hickory at Maiden
Newton-Conover at North Lincoln
Metrolina Athletic
Gaston Day at Gaston Christian (girls, 5:30 p.m.; boys, 7 p.m.)
Metrolina Christian at Hickory Grove Christian (girls, 5:30 p.m.; boys, 7 p.m.)
Westminster Catawba at Concord Academy (girls, 5:30 p.m.; boys, 7 p.m.)
Catawba Shores 2A/3A/4A
Christ the King at Bradford Prep
Community School of Davidson at Corvian Community
Lake Norman Charter at Pine Lake Prep
Langtree Charter at Lincoln Charter
Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A
Cherryville at Burns
Highland Tech at West Lincoln
Lincolnton at Stuart Cramer
Shelby at East Gaston
Yadkin Valley 2A/3A
Union Academy at Gray Stone Day
Catawba River 1A/2A/3A
Mountain Island Charter at Carolina International
Piedmont Community Charter at Bonnie Cone Academy
Sugar Creek Charter at Jackson Day
Foothills Athletic
Salem Christian at North Hills Christian (girls, 5:30 p.m.; boys, 7 p.m.)
Statesville Christian at Hickory Christian (girls, 5:30 p.m.; boys, 7 p.m.)
Nonconference
Lee Park Prep at Liberty Prep (boys), 7 p.m.
South Charlotte Thunder at Forsyth Home Educators
This story was originally published January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM.
