Vance routs Fayetteville’s Northwood Temple at Queen City Holiday Classic Wednesday

Vance High, which is hosting the Queen City Holiday Classic, had a great finale Wednesday, beating Fayetteville Northwood Temple 72-31.

Vance led 17-11 after the first quarter but outscored Northwood 29-4 in the second quarter. And in the second half, Northwood Temple (10-4) only scored 16 points.

Vance’s Cam Hamilton capped off a brilliant tournament with 19 points, 10 assists and eight steals. Vance made 21-of-32 2-point field goals and 8-of-13 3-point field goals. Vance’s Tysheen Rabouin made 5-of-6 shots and had 14 points. Julius Simmons and Marcus Neal had 10 points each.

Josh Nickleberry had 10 points for Northwood.

▪ The Queen City Classic was a round-robin event with each team playing three games. It was not set up in a tournament format.

Christ School 72, Carmel Christian 55: Matt Halvorsen had 28 points and Christ School (9-6) won for the fifth time in six games. The game was close going into the fourth quarter, but Christ School outscored Carmel 22-9 in the final quarter. Freshman Myles Pierre (16 points) and senior Mac Brydon (12 points, 17 rebounds) led Carmel.

Raleigh Millbrook 85, Coolidge 67: Millbrook (12-0) stayed unbeaten with another easy win Wednesday. Jordan Whitfield led Millbrook with 20 points, 10 assists and five rebounds.

Columbia (SC) Ridge View 59, Hopewell 56: Xavier Mason had 14, Cainan Griffin 10 and Kaiden Rice 11 in a narrow win. Hopewell got 13 from Brian Smart and 11 from Tre Faison.

Wednesday’s Scores

Vance 72, Northwood 31

Christ School 72, Carmel Christian 55

Raleigh Millbrook 85, Coolidge 67

Ridge View 59, Hopewell 56

Keenan 54, Cape Henry 50

This story was originally published December 30, 2015 at 6:44 PM with the headline "Vance routs Fayetteville’s Northwood Temple at Queen City Holiday Classic Wednesday."