Floyd County hands Carroll girls their first loss, 58-47

 HILLSVILLE –– Floyd County rallied from a five-point halftime deficit behind the hot shooting of Krista Cox and dealt Carroll County its first loss of the season, 58-47, in a nondistrict game Friday.

The Cavaliers had opened the season with six straight wins and led 30-25 at intermission, but Cox sank four 3-pointers in the second half as the Buffaloes (7-1) outscored Carroll County 33-17 over the final two quarters.

Cox hit six 3-pointers in all and finished with a game-high 20 points. Maria Kuchenbuch scored 13 for Floyd County.

Lindsey Martin and Shyann Dalton led Carroll County with 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Floyd County.........14  11  14  19––58

Carroll County......16  14    6  11––47

Floyd County (7-1)

Lytton 3, Cox 20, Bolt 4, Courtney 4, Kuchenbuch 13, Booth 5, Nolan 2, Hollandsworth 5, Phillips 2.

Carroll County (6-1)

Alderman 6, R.Dalton 5, T.Martin 4, McCann 4, L.Martin 13, Sellers 3, S.Dalton 12.

Three-point field goals – Floyd County 9 (Cox 6, Lytton, Kuchenbuch), Carroll County 6 (L.Martin 3, Alderman 2, R.Dalton).

JV – Carroll County 55-28.

Carroll County 42, Patrick County 33: Shyann Dalton poured in 19 points as the Cavaliers took a nondistrict win Thursday night in Stuart.

Carroll County (6-0) took a five-point lead into the half, 18-13, and held off the Cougars (4-4) in the second half.

Ebony Reynolds’ 11 points were tops for Patrick County.

Carroll County......9  9  9  15––42

Patrick County.....7  6  8  12––33

Carroll County (6-0)

Hiatt 2, R.Dalton 5, Caldwell 2, T.Martin 7, Hash 3, Guynn 3, L.Martin 1, S.Dalton 19.

Patrick County (4-4)

Hines 5, Dodson 6, Reynolds 11, Wilkinson 2, Helbert 6, Williams 3.

Three-point field goals – Carroll County 2 (T.Martin, Hash), Patrick County 1 (Dodson).

JV – Carroll County 54-26.

Some information provided by Landmark News Service.