Bates wins Chestnut Oaks tournament
The Bates Middle School boys basketball team defeated Clark Middle of Orangeburg 40-20 on Saturday to win the Chestnut Oaks Christmas Tournament at the COMS gymnasium.
Corean Nelson led the Bantams with 14 points. Caleb Jenkins added eight points, while Zyeir Gamble and Matthew Rogers both had seven.
North Atlanta 74
Lakewood 60
ATLANTA - Lakewood High School's varsity boys basketball team lost to North Atlanta 74-60 on Saturday in the Tournament of Champions at the Wheeler High gymnasium.
Quentin Hodge led the Gators, who went 1-2 in the tournament and are now 6-7 on the season, with 22 points. Juwan Perdue added 17 and Nazir Andino had 10.
On Friday, Lakewood defeated Lithonia, Georgia, 49-48. Perdue had a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds and Andino had nine points.
Clarendon Hall 67
North 63
NORTH - Clarendon Hall's varsity boys basketball team defeated North High School 67-63 on Sunday to win the Eagles Above the Rim Holiday Invitational at the North gymnasium.
Traveon Davis led the Saints, who improved to 11-0, with 20 points while grabbing eight rebounds. Zyan Gilmore had a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds and also had six steals.
Kylic Horton had 16 points and nine boards.
Davis and Horton were selected to the all-tournament team.
Houston hires coach Dana Holgorsen away from West Virginia
Houston has hired West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen as its coach, ending his eight-year run with the Mountaineers.
Holgorsen was 61-41 and 33-30 in the Big 12 as he helped guide West Virginia through the transition from the Big East. Now he is returning to the former Big East. Houston competes in the American Athletic Conference, which was formed from the remnants of Big East football after it was torn apart by realignment earlier this decade.
Holgorsen spent two seasons as Houston's offensive coordinator in 2008-09, when it was in Conference USA, before serving a season in the same position under Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State in 2010.
Houston fired coach Major Applewhite Sunday after a rocky two seasons in which he went 15-10.
From staff and wire reports