Triton hosted Western Harnett on Tuesday night for the second varsity basketball matchups of the season between the two schools, but the first in Tri-County Six 3-A Conference play, with the Triton girls and Western boys each avenging losses from the first meetings. Triton’s girls were routed 43-29 by Western Harnett in the first round […]
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Union Pines rallies past Hawk boys
Triton’s varsity boys basketball team had a 36-26 lead at halftime at Union Pines on Friday night but the Vikings came back for a 54-51 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference win. “They changed defenses in the second half,” said Hawks coach T.J. Morrison. “We rushed and didn’t execute well. … Also, we gave up too many […]
Northwood Temple evens season series with CFCA
Northwood Temple Academy evened its Sandhills Athletic Conference basketball season series with visiting Cape Fear Christian Academy on Friday night by completing a sweep with a 66-42 win in the varsity boys game. The hosts won took the varsity girls game, 50-41, and captured the junior varsity boys game, 40-35 to start the second round […]
Clemons sparks Campbell win at Charleston Southern
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Chris Clemons hit a pull-up 3-pointer with 14 seconds left as Campbell rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half to defeat Charleston Southern 73-72 Saturday at the CSU Field House. Clemons finished with 29 points. Jordan Whitfield forced Charleston Southern’s Christian Keeling into an off-balance leaner that missed at the […]
Lady Camels come back to deal Hampton first league loss
BUIES CREEK — After trailing by 10 with just over two minutes remaining in the third quarter, Campbell women’s basketball outscored Hampton 23-9 for the remainder of the game to earn a 52-46 win over the first-place Pirates on Saturday afternoon at Gore Arena. Hampton’s Charlisa Jenkins knocked down a free throw at the 2:09 […]
HC takes conference wins over Western Harnett
Harnett Central improved to 2-0 in both girls and boys Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity basketball play Friday with wins over visiting county rival Western Harnett. Harnett Central rallied in the second half of the girls game to take a 38-29 win over Western Harnett. “I don’t even know what to say about the first […]
Coats-Erwin wins pair of hoops games at Harnett Central
Coats-Erwin took a middle school basketball sweep on the road against Harnett Central on Thursday, with both the girls and boys teams improving to 5-1 on the season. After falling by a single point in a battle of unbeatens at Highland on Tuesday, Coats-Erwin’s girls bounced back from taking their first loss of the season […]
Camels win at UNC Asheville
ASHEVILLE — Chris Clemons scored 17 of his game-high 22 points in the second half and Andrew Eudy added his third double-double of the year to lead Campbell to a 70-53 Big South Conference men’s basketball win over UNC Asheville on Wednesday night at Kimmel Arena. The Camels (9-8, 2-1) used an early 15-0 run […]
Raiders split in matchups at Campbell’s Gore Arena
Midway split non-conference varsity basketball contests with Neuse Charter Wednesday, winning the girls game, but losing the boys game. The games were played at Campbell University’s Gore Arena. After a close first quarter, Midway dominated the remaining three quarters to rout Neuse Charter 47-20 in the girls game. “We were getting to where we were […]
Winthrop tops Lady Camels
BUIES CREEK — Shy Tuelle reached double-figures for the fourth time this season by scoring 12, but the Campbell women’s basketball team dropped a 59-46 decision to Winthrop on Tuesday night. Winthrop moved to 3-2 in Big South play and 7-9 overall, while the Camels fall to 2-3 in league action and 10-6 overall. Tuelle […]