ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, September 19, 1996 TAG: 9609190084
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
TYPE: GIRLS' BASKETBALL
Sara Conner jump-started the Floyd County offense with eight of her team-high 14 points in the first quarter as the Buffaloes romped to an 80-36 victory over Graham in a non-district game Wednesday night in Floyd.
Floyd County (8-1) led 19-13 in the first quarter before steadily pulling away. Julie Sowers added 11 points and Jill Quesenberry had 10 for the Buffaloes.
Graham (1-5) got a game-high 15 points from Tamala Oakes.
GRAHAM (36)
Oakes 15, B.Profitt 8, Bane 5, Neal 2, Presley 6.
FLOYD COUNTY (80)
J.Quesenberry 10, Conner 14, Poff 3, Hylton 8, Pursifull 6, Smith 8, Via 2, M.Quesenberry 4, Vest 6, Sowers 11, L.Profitt 4, Harmon 4.
Bassett 46, Gretna 43: Heather Miller led the way with 25 points as the Bengals won a non-district game in Gretna.
Bassett (6-1) changed defenses in the fourth quarter and kept Gretna off balance.
Christy Crews and Tara Barbour had 10 points each for the Hawks.
BASSETT (46)
Ingram 4, Miller 25, Byer 2, Roberts 6, Baliles 2, Merriman 7.
GRETNA (43)
Crews 10, Boyd 9, Barbour 10, Irvin 6, Brooks 2, Doss 2, Crook 4.
Abingdon 61, George Wythe 54: The Falcons hit their free throws in a physical non-district game and topped the Maroons in Abingdon.
Abingdon hit 15 of 27 free throws, while George Wythe made 20 of 36. The game was even after the first quarter, in which the Falcons took a 15-6 lead.
Kamala O'Quinn had a big effort for Abingdon, scoring 15 points, Cassie Carmack had 14 and Brigette Maxwell had 12.
Megan Johnson of George Wythe was the game's high scorer with 18. Teammates Aletha Lemieux and Tabitha Cook added 12 and 10, respectively. A
GEORGE WYTHE (54)
Fee 2, Jenkins 1, Cregger 3, Johnson 18, Lemieux 12, Cook 10, Garland 8.
ABINGDON (61)
Wolfe 3, S.Roark 2, Carmack 14, Bundy 2, H.Roark 4, McConnell 7, O'Quinn 15, Farmer 2, Maxwell 12.
Three-point goals: Carmack 3, Maxwell 2, Wolfe.
JV: George Wythe won.
NOTE: Please see microfilm for scores.
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