Providence Grove’s boys’ basketball team went unbeaten in the Central Carolina 3A Conference regular season but then lost in the conference tournament final by 60-45 to second-seeded Thomasville on Friday night at Wheatmore.
Will Dabbs had 15 points for Providence Grove.
In the semifinals, Providence Grove won 56-39 at home vs. fourth-seeded West Davidson with Dabbs scoring 17 points.
Third-seeded Wheatmore fell 50-37 at Thomasville despite Collin Dodd’s 13 points.
Regular-season play rapped up earlier in the week, with Providence Grove winning 69-51 at East Davidson, Wheatmore prevailing 43-40 at West Davidson, and Thomasville topping host Trinity 52-39.
Also, Dabbs had 22 points and Andrew Thomas posted 18 points in Providence Grove’s 69-36 road romp past Trinity, while Wheatmore’s 74-56 triumph against visiting East Davidson came with 25 points from Avery Ivey.
Four Rivers Conference
The one-game tournament consisted of host and top-seeded Northwood defeating Uwharrie Charter Academy 78-60 on Friday night in Pittsboro.
Justyce Lawson’s 17 points and Jaxon Mabe’s 15 points were tops for UCA.
In regular-season play earlier in the week, UCA blew past host North Moore 87-28 with Lawson and Mabe each pouring in 25 points.
Mabe scored 29 points when UCA drubbed visiting Eastern Randolph 74-44. Tyler Gee had 18 points for Eastern Randolph
UCA’s 57-39 victory against visiting Southwestern Randolph came with 19 points from Lawson.
Southwestern Randolph’s Carter Edmonds scored 24 points in a 77-67 home victory vs. Eastern Randolph. Gee had 25 points.
Triad Area Athletic Conference
Third-seeded Asheboro was ousted from the conference tournament with a 78-58 loss to second-seeded Northeast Guilford in the semifinals Thursday.
Top-seeded Northern Guilford defeated Northeast Guilford 92-79 in Friday’s title game.
With Darrion Johnson scoring 20 points, Asheboro had a 76-57 quarterfinal victory against sixth-seeded Eastern Guilford.
A day before that, Asheboro completed the regular season by defeating host Eastern Guilford 59-44 with Johnson scoring 25 points.
Piedmont Athletic Conference
Connor Cassidy poured in 18 points as Randleman topped visiting High Point Central 60-49 on Thursday to end the regular season on a four-game winning streak. There was no conference tournament.
Earlier in the week, Randleman crushed host Montgomery Central 74-39 and, behind Cassidy’s 17 points, Damari Garner’s 16 points and Pacey Wagner’s 14 points, handled visiting Central Davidson by 64-43.
