HS Basketball Roundup: Charlotte Christian upsets David Crockett (Tenn) on Josh Price’s big shot

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↑Butler: No. 7 Bulldogs beat Wilson (SC) 82-65 to advance to Monday’s 8 p.m. final at the Y.C. Winborn Classic against Abbeyville at Rock Hill High. RaeQuan Scott had 19 and Gerrale Gates 18 for Butler (8-3), which has won five in a row.

↑Former Butler star Artur Labinowicz: Committed to Coastal Carolina, chosing Coastal over Mercer and USC Upstate. Labinowicz currently plays for Combine Academy, a prep school in Matthews.

↑Stacia Means, Gabby Smith, Hickory Ridge girls: Means, a senior, had 28 points, five steals and three assists in Friday’s 86-53 win over South Rowan. Smith, a sophomore, had 18 points, 17 rebounds, three steals. Hickory Ridge is No. 10 in the Observer’s Sweet 16 girls basketball poll.

Saturday’s Boys Roundup

Charlotte Christian 64, David Crockett (VA) 62: Sophomore guard Josh Price, son of Charlotte 49ers coach Mark Price, hit the game-winning 3-point shot with 2.8 seconds left in Christian’s upset win over the No. 11-ranked 3A team from Tennessee. David Crockett guard Patrick Good -- who had 44 points in a 98-93 loss to No. 1 Providence Day Friday -- had a game-high 21. Christian got 14 points from freshman guard J.C. Tharrington, 12 from Kyle Mason. Price finished with eight points.

Charlotte Christian led by 10 at halftime, but coach Shonn Brown warned his team that David Crockett, which made 18 three-point shots against Providence Day, would eventually make some Saturday. David Crockett got the lead with a three late in the game and Christian nearly fumbled the ball away before a Knight dove on it and Brown called timeout with 2.8 seconds left.

He called a play for Price, thinking that David Crockett would cover up Tharrington and Terrelle Brown, who led the Knights in scoring.

“I said to Josh, ‘It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been in the game the last four or five minutes,’” Brown said. “I said, ‘You’re money. You get it and you let it go.’”

Price found himself wide open in the corner off Brown’s designed inbounds play. Price let it go. And like his coach said, he was money.

“When it went up,” Brown said, “I knew it was going in. Those are big moments. To beat a team of that magnitude with our young guys is huge. They came to work today and their work paid off.”

Greenforest (GA) Christian 59, No. 1 Providence Day 58: Providence Day 6-8 forward Isaac Johnson hit a twisting layup with 13 seconds left to give his team a 58-57 lead, after rallying from as many as 18 points down. But Greenforest, ranked No. 11 nationally by MaxPreps, got an 18-foot jump shot from New Hampshire recruit John Ogwuuche with one secondleft to prevent the upset and end a 10-game win streak for Providence Day (10-3). Josh Howard had 15 points, seven rebounds and four steals for Providence Day and Devon Dotson added 11 points, four rebounds and four steals. Greenforest (10-0) got 15 from Ogwuuche, a 6-3 senior, and 21 from junior point guard Justin Forrest, son of former Georgia Tech and NBA star James Forrest.

No. 6 Concord 85, No. 16 Forest Hills 76: Concord trailed by 14 in the third quarter but rallied to win in overtime. Hamsah Nasirildeen had 30 points, Rechon Black had 17 and Ray Kowalski 17 for the Spiders (7-1). Nasirildeen, a 6-5 junior, has five football scholarship offers. He plays free safety and wide receiver. Zaccheus Rorie had 19 and Nas Tyson 18 for Forest Hills (8-1), which played without starting point guard Tyrese Barbour (hip).

Carmel Christian 69, Gaston Day 54: Carmel Christian led 22-12 after the first quarter and cruised. Myles Pierre (17 points, five rebounds) and Zach Prevette (12 points, six rebounds, four assists) had big games for Carmel Christian. Gaston Day got 22 points from 6-5 sophomore forward Quan McCluney.

Charlotte Latin 69, SouthLake Christian 52: Caleb Jordan had 13 points and nine assists to lead the Hawks. Myles Monroe and Brett Carter had 12 points each for SouthLake.

Lancaster (SC) 47, No. 10 South Mecklenburg 43: One day after losing by 40 to No. 7 Butler, Lancaster rebounded with a win Saturday. Khayleb Connelly had 15 for South Meck.

Woodberry Forest (VA) 64, Christ The King 47: Joe Foley had 27 points to lead Woodberry (1-6) to its first win of the season. Woodberry is coached by former Wake Forest player Craig Dawson. Scott Harvey added 16 points, seven rebounds for CTK.

Saturday’s Boys Top Performers

Terrelle Brown, Charlotte Christian: 19 points, five assists, four rebounds and four steals in a 64-62 upset win over David Crockett (TN).

Terron Dixon, Patrick Tape, Queens Grant: 21 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, three steals in a 61-52 win over Charlotte Country Day in the Buccaneer Classic championship game. Columbia recruit Patrick Tape’ added six points, 11 rebounds, nine blocks and eight assists.

AJ Horne, Rocky River: 25 points, nine rebounds in win over Lexington (SC) at Chick-Fil-A Classic in Columbia, S.C.

Parker Julian, Charlotte Latin: 18 points, 10 rebounds in a 69-52 win over SouthLake Christian.

Brian Stanley, Christ The King: 22 points, three rebounds, three assists in a 64-47 loss to Woodberry Forest (Va).

Brett Swilling, Carmel Christian: 20 points, 17 rebounds, three steals for 6-6 sophomore forward in 69-54 win over Gaston Day.

Trey Wertz, Grant Williams, Providence Day: Wertz, a 6-4 sophomore guard, helped spark a comeback from 18 points down to Greenforest (GA) Christian with a team-high 16 points, four rebounds and two assists. Williams, a 6-7 senior Tennessee recruit, added 14 points, 10 rebounds and three assists against a team ranked No. 11 nationally by MaxPreps. Providence Day lost 59-58 on a buzzer-beater with one second left.

Saturday’s Girls Roundup

St. Mary’s (Canada) 40, No. 1 Providence Day 38: Providence Day, ranked No. 17 in USA Today’s national poll, had its 27-game win streak snapped at the Crescom Bank Challenge in Myrtle Beach. St. Mary’s improved to 38-1 on the season. Janelle Bailey and Erin Whalen combined for 22 points and Tori Powell had eight points off the bench.

No. 7 Rock Hill 58, Marvin Ridge 32: Rock Hill improved to 9-0 behind 17 points from RiKoya Anderson and 10 from Jasona Ballard. Rock Hill will play Wilson (SC) in the Winborn Classic championship game

No. 8 Weddington 58, Union (SC) 17: Erin Addison had 12 points and Molly Mann added 11 in an easy win. Weddington improved to 10-2. Union is 0-6.

Ashley Hall (SC) 35, Charlotte Country Day 31: Kattie Batten had 11 points to lead Country Day to the win at the Porter Gaud Holiday Classic.

Concord First Assembly 75, Durham Mount Zion 29: Jenesai Mohammad had 23 points, four assists and Emma Brooks added 10 points and four rebounds in an easy win at the Under Armour Showcase at UNC-Greensboro. Allah Walker led Mount Zion with 12.

Saturday’s Girls Top Performers

Alea Gilbert, South Mecklenburg: 18 points, 11 rebounds in 49-44 loss to Legacy Charter in the Millenium Classic.

Elanna Peay, Weddington: 14 rebounds, five steals in 58-17 win over Union

Zaria Wright, Concord First Assembly: 24 points, seven assists, six rebounds in a 75-29 win over Durham Mount Zion at the UA Showcase. Wright made 10-of-17 field goal attempts.

This story was originally published December 19, 2015 at 11:22 PM with the headline "HS Basketball Roundup: Charlotte Christian upsets David Crockett (Tenn) on Josh Price’s big shot."