Chilhowie 64, George Wythe 31

Despite struggling mightily for the first four minutes of both the first and second quarters, respectively, Chilhowie – thanks to a game-high 21 points from Danielle Catron – used its welcomed 3-point accuracy in building an insurmountable double-digit halftime advantage.

Just four days removed from a woeful 3-for-21 performance behind the arc in a 52-45 loss against district leader Patrick Henry, the Warriors (12-4, 4-1) opened up the packed-in George Wythe defense with a combined four triples from Kristen Caudill (11 points) and Lauren Jones.

“On Friday night, we couldn’t buy one,” admitted Chilhowie coach Mark Halsey, whose squad finished 5-of-13 from 3-point land. “We also didn’t get out of the gate very well tonight. But I felt like once we got three or four minutes under our belts, we started hitting shots.”

Chilhowie, which embarked upon a game-clinching 21-2 surge during third-quarter play, forced the host Maroons (6-9, 1-4) into 36 turnovers thanks to an unforgiving 1-2-2 press.

Kristen Atwell, meanwhile, collected a team-high 18 points for George Wythe.

Chilhowie 64, George Wythe 31

WYTHEVILLE - Danielle Catron led all scorers with 21 points and Kristen Caudill added 11 as the Warriors easily took out the Maroons.

Kristin Atwell led George Wythe with 18 points.

CHILHOWIE (11-4, 4-1)

Jones 7, Branch 2, Untiedt 5, Caudill 11, Shelton 5, Fields 8, Catron 21, Halsey 5.

GEORGE WYTHE (7-9, 1-4)

Willis 1, Wolford 4, Hedgepeth 3, Johnson 2, Crigger 1, Showalter 1, Ransome 1, Atwell 18.

Chilhowie 20 6 24 14-64

George Wythe 6 6 6 13-31

3-point-goals - Chilhowie 5 (Jones 2, Caudill 2, Catron).

JV - George Wythe won.