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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD
BIG: GUNS FOR MOUNTIES - Alex Burris, left photo, and
Marcus Smith, right photo, had big games for Kings Mountain's
Mountaineers during the past week. Burris scored 16 points and
grabbed 12 rebounds in Tuesday night's victory over Burns and
North Gaston. The Mounties host East Rutherford in their final
regular season game Friday night at home. The winner will earn
a share of the Southwestern 3-A Conference championship and
the loser will drop into a tie for third place.
Smith Scored a game-high 26 points in Friday night's game at
Mountaineers defeat Burns 61-50
Can get share -
of SWC title
with win Friday
Kings Mountain's
Mountaineers go into their final
regular season game Friday
night at the KMHS gym with a
shot at sharing the
Southwestern 3-A Conference
. championship.
Heading into the final night
of action, the Mountaineers are
tied for first place with North
Gaston, Shelby and East
Rutherford, all with 8-3 records.
Conference coaches will meet
Saturday morning and decide
the seeds for next week's SWC
tournament.
The Mountaineers kept pace
with the other three leaders
Tuesday night by turning back
Burns 61-50 at the KMHS gym.
North Gaston defeated R-S
Central and East Rutherford
beat South Point. Shelby was
idle.
The conference tournament
will begin Tuesday night at the
site of the #2 seed. The final
three rounds will be played
See Burns, 10-A
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SCORES 19 IN KM LOSS - Kings Mountain freshman Jacquie Hall scored 19 points but a second
half comeback by the Lady Mountaineers fell short in a 53-48 loss to Burns-in Southwestern 3-A
Conference action Tuesday night at the KMHS gym.
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North Gaston's Wildcats
came from behind in the fourth
quarter to defeat Kings
Mountain 81-75 and force a
four-way tie for first place in
the Southwestern 3-A
Conference Friday night in
Dallas.
North. Gaston, = Kings
Mountain, Shelby and East
Rutherford went into the final
‘week of the regular season tied
for first place with three losses
each.
The victory by the Wildcats
also broke a six-game winning
streak for the Mountaineers.
Ironically, that streak began on
January 21 with a victory over
the Wildcats.
Kings Mountain rebounded
from a 17-8 first quarter deficit
to take an cight-point lead mid-
way through the third period.
The Mountaineers still. led 53-51
going into the fourth quarter
but the Wildcats lit up the
scoreboard with 30 points over
the final eight minutes.
Charles Pratt led the Wildcat
with 21 points, Matt Dowdle
had 16, David Summey 12 and
Mike Fields 11.
Kings Mountain point guard
Marcus Smith led all scorers
with 26 points. Bryan Odums
added 13, Marlon Byers 12 and
Alex Burris 10.
®W In girls action, North
5, Cloninger
Gaston outscored the Lady
Mountaineers 18-0 in the sec-
ond quarter to break open a
close game, and the Lady
Wildcats went on to a 47-33 vic-
tory.
Miriam McCloud scored 17
points for the Wildcats and
Nikki Ingram had cight for
Kings Mountain.
North Gaston led only 14- 13
“after the first quarter, but sever-
al Kings Mountain starters got
into foul trouble and had to sit
down, and North Gaston took
charge of the game.
"Their defense collapsed on
Jacquie Hall inside and she did-
n't have her usual game, and
our perimeter people had to try
to pick up the slack," said KM
Coach Tony Leigh. Hall was
held to four points.
GIRLS GAME
KM (33) - Ingram 8, Hamrick
6, Brinkley 4, Byers 4, Hall 4,
Goode 3, Putnam 2, Coleman 2.
NG (47) - McCloud 17,
Sanders 7, Sage 6, Ferguson
5, Hamilton 4,
Welcome 3.
BOYS GAME
KM (75) - Smith 26, Byers 12,
Bell 4, Burris 10, Crocker 8,
Odums 13, McClain 2.
NG (81) - Fields 11, Mulkey 6,
Pasour 8, Summey 12, Smith 2,
Dowdle 16, Pratt 21.
Middle School girls win 32-23,
finish with eight straight wins
Kings Mountain Middle
School's girls basketball team
defeated West Lincoln 32-23 in
their final game of the season
Monday.
Thea Currence and Anna
Ramey led the scoring with
nine points each. Cherlyn Cole
and Renee Hall added four
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