Basketball

RAGSDALE, HP CENTRAL

HIGH POINT – Arielle Harris poured in 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds and collected four steals to spark High Point Central’s girls to a 42-35 victory over Ragsdale on Wednesday night.

In the boys game, Derek Grant tallied a game-high 17 points as the Bison completed the sweep with a 62-40 romp.

Brittany Gwyn added 10 points, five rebounds and three steals for the Bison girls, who improved to 12-0 overall and 3-0 in the Piedmont Triad 4A Conference.

Ciara Jackson led the Tiger girls (8-4, 1-2) with 10 points and eight rebounds. Courtney Marsh added nine points and four rebounds for Ragsdale.

Drew Adams chipped in 15 points for the Bison boys (4-7). Central raced to a 34-14 halftime lead and never looked back.

Kalik Parker topped the Tigers with 10 points.

Central plays at Parkland on Friday, while Ragsdale visits Northwest Guilford.

Northwest GUILFORD,

Southwest GUILFORD

HIGH POINT – Northwest Guilford’s nipped Southwest Guilford 75-70 in a Piedmont Triad 4A Conference win on Wednesday night.

In the girls game, Northwest scored in the final minute and held off Southwest for a 53-51 victory.

Zena Lovett led the Cowgirls (6-6, 1-1) with 27 points. Brittany Mercer added 13 points for Southwest, while Shannon Buchanan grabbed 10 rebounds.

Greg Bridges and Braxton Daye paced the Cowboys with 18 points each. Jalen Kitching added seven points for Southwest.

Reed Lucas pumped in a game-high 20 points for the Vikings.

Southwest visits Glenn on Friday.

Randleman,

East Davidson

THOMASVILLE – Blake Dodd and Keaton Hawks led a balanced attack with 13 points each as East Davidson’s boys rolled past Randleman for an 83-43 nonconference victory on Wednesday night.

Braxton Shetley added 12 points for the Golden Eagle boys (7-5), who led 36-14 at halftime. Duncan Bean chipped in 10 points for East.

East visits Lexington on Friday night.

NE GUILFORD BOYS 60, LEDFORD 54

MCLEANSVILLE – Northeast Guilford outlasted Ledford for a 60-54 boys basketball victory Tuesday night in a game that ended too late to be included in Wednesday’s edition of The High Point Enterprise.

Steven Fuquay led the Panthers (9-4, 0-1 MPC 3A) with 19 points and Dylan Smith added 14.