Staff report
ROCKY GAP, Va. — The latter stages of the game again were the undoing for the Bland County girls basketball team on Monday night.
The Lady Bears matched Northwood point for point in the middle two quarters, trailing 35-30 at the end of the third, but were outscored 19-10 in the final frame to take a 54-40 loss at Rocky Gap High School.
Amber Eaton paced Bland County with 11 points and Kristin Dillow sank both of the Lady Bears’ three-pointers. Alyssa Harris, averaging double-digit rebounding this season, grabbed 12 rebounds.
Bailey Hess and Kelsie Puckett led Northwood’s scoring with 15 and 10 points respectively.
Bland County plays at Galax on Thursday.

At Rocky Gap High School
NORTHWOOD
Bailey Hess 15, Kelsie Puckett 10, Broyles 9, Williams 8, Cassell 6, Crawford 4, B. Puckett 2.
BLAND COUNTY
Amber Eaton 11, Davis 9, Russo 8, Dillow 6, Holbrook 2, Harris 2, Garland 2.
Northwood...........16 9 10 19 — 54
Bland County........11 9 10 10 — 40
Three-point goals — NOR 1 (Broyles). BC 2 (Dillow 2).