Lady Eagles soar to 57-19 victory over Clarendon Hall

SUMMERTON - The Scott's Branch High School varsity girls basketball team remained undefeated with a 57-19 victory over Clarendon Hall on Thursday at the SBHS gymnasium.

Cambria Parker led the Lady Eagles in scoring with 15 points while coming up with four steals. Tonia Lawson had 13 points and five steals.

Mary Wimberly had a double-double of 10 rebounds and 10 steals to go with seven points, and Chaniya Monroe had eight points.

Wilson Hall 47

Ben Lippen 10

Mary Beth VanPatten scored 12 points to lead Wilson Hall's B girls basketball team to a 47-10 victory over Ben Lippen on Thursday at Nash Student Center.

Aubrey Payne added nine points and Maggie Norris had eight for the Lady Barons, who improved to 3-0.

Laurence Manning 29

Hammond 19

COLUMBIA - Laurence Manning Academy's B girls basketball team defeated Hammond 29-19 on Wednesday at the Hammond gymnasium.

Ansley Jordan led LMA with 10 points and Jordan Baker had eight.

BOYS

Laurence Manning 56

The King's Academy 22

FLORENCE - Laurence Manning Academy's junior varsity basketball team defeated The King's Academy 56-22 on Thursday at the TKA gymnasium.

Jaden Sanders led the Swampcats with 17 points. Bryce Acord had nine, Austin Geddings eight and Davis Campbell six.

Wilson Hall 45

Ben Lippen 38

Wilson Hall's B basketball team improved to 4-0 with a 45-38 victory over Ben Lippen on Thursday at Nash Student Center.

Dylan Richardson led the Barons with 19 points. Ben Reynolds and John Osteen both scored nine points with Osteen also grabbing eight rebounds and four steals. Clark Kinney had six points, six rebounds and three steals, and Boykin Wilder had seven rebounds.

COLLEGE

No. 18 South Carolina women beat Dayton 65-55

COLUMBIA - Tyasha Harris scored 12 of her season-high 24 points in the third quarter and No. 18 South Carolina beat Dayton 65-55 on Wednesday night.

Harris made South Carolina's first 3-pointer of the game with 1:29 left in the third quarter and she finished with 12 of the Gamecocks' 23 points in the quarter.

South Carolina allowed just four points over the final 10 minutes.

Nelly Perry added 10 points for South Carolina (4-3), which had a 22-3 advantage in bench points and a 32-18 edge for points in the paint. Mikiah Herbert Harrigan had nine points, six rebounds and four blocks. The Gamecocks were just 3 of 12 from distance, but outrebounded Dayton 41-30 and attempted 18 more free throws.

East Carolina fires football coach Scottie Montgomery

GREENVILLE - East Carolina has fired football coach Scottie Montgomery after three straight losing seasons.

Chancellor Cecil Staton announced the dismissal Thursday, two days before the Pirates take a 3-8 record into their season finale at North Carolina State. Defensive coordinator David Blackwell will be the interim head coach for that game and during the transition.

Montgomery went just 9-26 with a 4-20 record in American Athletic Conference play. He lost six of his final seven games. It's the least successful three-year period for the school since it won just eight games from 2003-05 under John Thompson and Skip Holtz.

Montgomery is a 40-year-old former Duke and NFL receiver who came to East Carolina after a successful stint as Duke's offensive coordinator.

From staff and wire reports