Raylee Goins scored a game high 11 points, including icing the game by going a perfect four of four from the free throw line down the stretch, leading the Lady Cavaliers to a 41-29 victory over Glenvar Friday night.
CC Mitchell joined Goins in double figures with 10 points, giving Carroll County a pair reaching the mark and Laynie-Jo Leonard was next up with eight points.
Glenvar HS – 6 6 11 6 – 29
Carroll County 10 3 15 13 – 41
The team won the game as a team, recovering from a tough second quarter in which Carroll County scored just three points despite getting great looks at the basket across the seven minutes.
Later on the challenge for veteran Coach Howard Mayo was keeping his players on the floor due to foul trouble.
” I loved how we were dealing with adversity in regards to foul trouble,” said Mayo. ” We had different people stepping up in roles that they were unaccustomed to and found success.”
Both Goins and Callie Harris were trying to avoid picking up their fifth foul. Harris picked up her final foul with 4:13 remaining and she earned a nod from her Coach once she left the game for the final time.
” When Callie came over to the bench it would have been easy for her to drop her head and sulk over her fate,” added Mayo. ” Instead she remained completely engaged and cheered on her teammates until the end of the game.”
Both Natalie Burress and Kenzey McMillian added five points each while Kenzie Young accounting for the final two points. Harris and Madison Coleman both played key 🔑 roles throughout with their defense and hustle from start to finish.
Glenvar, still searching for its initial victory on the season was showing great improvement. The Highlanders led the game in the second half and pulled into a tie at 18-18. Facing the challenge, Carroll County answered in a big way as Goins and Burress drilled back to back 3-pointers. The lead became six points and the Lady Cavaliers never looked back.
Goins picked up her fourth foul at 6:55 but after a brief rest, returned to the game. Not only did the Goins avoid the fifth foul, she calmly pushed the lead beyond the possibility of a comeback.
” Once we gain more confidence in shooting from behind the arc,” noted Mayo with a smile. ” Once that happens we will become a very different team out there.”
Once again, the Junior Varsity team was forced to take the night off as Glenvar chose to not field a squad this year. Add those two games to Martinsville ( two games) and now Radford has elected to not complete their season, the team is now down to a single game on Monday night at Christiansburg.
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