
Mountaineers beat Huss and North Gaston,
BSC leader Crest Chargers here January 23
Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers resumed Big South 3A Conference basketball action last week with wins over Hunter Huss 66-52 and North Gaston 80-54.
The Mountaineers were scheduled to host the Forestview Jaguars last night and will travel to South Point on Friday. They face West Charlotte at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hopewell Invitational Tournament and will host current BSC leader Crest on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
The Mountaineers basically held the lead all night against last week’s opponents.
They went up 21-17 over Huss in the first quarter before the Huskies rebounded and took a 36-35 lead into the halftime break. KM came back to lead 45-42 after the third period and outscored the Huskies 21-10 in the fourth to win going away.
J’Mun Huskey led the Mountaineers with 17 points and Bradley Floyd added 12. Trimmell Dunlap led the Huskies with 17.
The Mountaineers had three men in double figures and nine different players to score in their rout of North Gaston.
Bradley Floyd led the way with 23 points. Caleb Nixon added 18 and Kee’donn Linney 14 as the Mountaineers ran their record to 3-1 in the Big South and 9-3 overall. Heading into last night’s action the Mountaineers were tied with Ashbrook for second place. Crest leads the race with a perfect 4-0 BSC record and 9-1 overall mark.
The Lady Mountaineers saw their record drop to 0-4 in the BSC and 0-10 overall with losses of 45-36 to North Gaston and 58-14 at Huss.
The powerful Huss ladies stormed to a 16-2 first quarter lead and were up 37-6 at the half and 53-11 going into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Mountaineers played probably their best game of the year against North Gaston. They trailed by just 14-12 after the first period, 18-16 at the half and 33-29 going into the fourth period. Bridges led the scoring with 11 points and Martin had 10.
It was North Gaston’s first conference win.
BOYS GAMES
KM (80) – B. Floyd 23, Nixon 18, Linney 14, Cole 7, Lindsay 5, Foster 4, J. Floyd 4, Robinette 3, Huskey 2.
NG (54) – Carothers 16, Lattimore 15, Howard 10, Hill 7, Burris 2, Guerrero 2, Huggins 2.
KM (66) – Huskey 17, B. Floyd 12, Robinette 9, Linney 8, Nixon 6, J. Floyd 6, Lindsay 5, Foster 3.
HH (52) – Dunlap 17, Gladden 9, Pattis 6, Duff 6, Phillips 6, Barnette 5, Falls 3.
GIRLS GAMES
KM (36) – Martin 10, A. Bridges 11, Wooten 9, Williams 2, Dixon-Velez 1, Fleming 2, Ford 1.
NG (45) – Arrowood 7, Thomas 2, Littlejohn 19, Brown 17.
KM (14) – Martin 2, Wooten 5, Williams 5, Dixon-Velez 2.
HH (58) – Harris 8, Swann 11, Hoover 27, Camp 7, Love 4.
The Mountaineers were scheduled to host the Forestview Jaguars last night and will travel to South Point on Friday. They face West Charlotte at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hopewell Invitational Tournament and will host current BSC leader Crest on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
The Mountaineers basically held the lead all night against last week’s opponents.
They went up 21-17 over Huss in the first quarter before the Huskies rebounded and took a 36-35 lead into the halftime break. KM came back to lead 45-42 after the third period and outscored the Huskies 21-10 in the fourth to win going away.
J’Mun Huskey led the Mountaineers with 17 points and Bradley Floyd added 12. Trimmell Dunlap led the Huskies with 17.
The Mountaineers had three men in double figures and nine different players to score in their rout of North Gaston.
Bradley Floyd led the way with 23 points. Caleb Nixon added 18 and Kee’donn Linney 14 as the Mountaineers ran their record to 3-1 in the Big South and 9-3 overall. Heading into last night’s action the Mountaineers were tied with Ashbrook for second place. Crest leads the race with a perfect 4-0 BSC record and 9-1 overall mark.
The Lady Mountaineers saw their record drop to 0-4 in the BSC and 0-10 overall with losses of 45-36 to North Gaston and 58-14 at Huss.
The powerful Huss ladies stormed to a 16-2 first quarter lead and were up 37-6 at the half and 53-11 going into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Mountaineers played probably their best game of the year against North Gaston. They trailed by just 14-12 after the first period, 18-16 at the half and 33-29 going into the fourth period. Bridges led the scoring with 11 points and Martin had 10.
It was North Gaston’s first conference win.
BOYS GAMES
KM (80) – B. Floyd 23, Nixon 18, Linney 14, Cole 7, Lindsay 5, Foster 4, J. Floyd 4, Robinette 3, Huskey 2.
NG (54) – Carothers 16, Lattimore 15, Howard 10, Hill 7, Burris 2, Guerrero 2, Huggins 2.
KM (66) – Huskey 17, B. Floyd 12, Robinette 9, Linney 8, Nixon 6, J. Floyd 6, Lindsay 5, Foster 3.
HH (52) – Dunlap 17, Gladden 9, Pattis 6, Duff 6, Phillips 6, Barnette 5, Falls 3.
GIRLS GAMES
KM (36) – Martin 10, A. Bridges 11, Wooten 9, Williams 2, Dixon-Velez 1, Fleming 2, Ford 1.
NG (45) – Arrowood 7, Thomas 2, Littlejohn 19, Brown 17.
KM (14) – Martin 2, Wooten 5, Williams 5, Dixon-Velez 2.
HH (58) – Harris 8, Swann 11, Hoover 27, Camp 7, Love 4.