HI HAT – The South Floyd Lady Raiders completed a regular-season sweep of the Piarist School Saturday. South Floyd, following a 49-64 loss to 58th District/Floyd County Conference foe Betsy Layne one night earlier, returned to the win column in impressive fashion at Raider Arena. The Lady Raiders rolled to the win, defeating Piarist 67-34.
South Floyd claimed an early lead and never trailed, outscoring Piarist 16-3 in the first quarter. The Lady Raiders put Piarist out of the game in the second eight minutes thanks to a 25-14 run. South Floyd led 41-17 at halftime and outscored Piarist in each of the last two quarters.
South Floyd owned a commanding 55-27 lead at the conclusion of the third quarter.
Kiana Hall scored a game-high 16 points for the Lady Raiders. Hall, however, wasn’t alone in the South Floyd scoring column. Gabrielle Bailey netted 12 points and Ashley Castle added 11 for the Lady Raiders. Chelsie Tuttle, which hit one of South Floyd’s three three-point field goals, flipped in nine points. Kayla Hall and Andrea Conn contributed eight points apiece. Kelsey Dye tossed in two points and Janeal Brown scored on a successful fourth quarter free throw attempt for the Lady Raiders.
Guard Haley Dyer led Piarist, scoring a team-high 15 points. Shonda Bailey followed with seven points for the Lady Knights. Whitney Hall and Chelsie Newsome added six points apiece for Piarist in its setback of the season to the Lady Raiders.