By LLOYD COMBS

GRUNDY, Va. — The Grundy girls, like the Tazewell boys would do later in the evening, turned their fortunes around with defense.

The Lady Wave avenged a recent double-digit loss at Tazewell with a 65-41 win over the Lady Bulldogs Tuesday.

Loni Webb's hot shooting keyed a 14-1 run at the end of the first half, when Grundy (3-1) built a 33-14 lead, and she added the first five points of the second half to extend that margin to 38-14.

Webb finished with five 3-pointers and a game-high 23 points. Hannah Stiltner added nine points, seven assists and three steals.

Grundy seized the lead with a solid halfcourt defense, running a box-and-one on Tazewell standout Taylor Catron.

"Catron killed us the first time we played Tazewell," Grundy coach Craig Plymal said. "We were determined not to let her take the ball to the hole and we doubled down when we could on Autumn Hash and the girls did a good job.

"I thought our defense was the difference in the two games with (Tazewell), and we obviously shot the ball a lot better this time."

Grundy shot 46 percent (23-of-50) overall and was 9-of-19 (47.4 percent) from 3-point range.

Hash, despite early foul trouble, scored 15 points and Whitney Saunders added 13.

"Our defense was terrible," Tazewell coach Jason Southworth said. "And we knew they were going to play a box-and-one, and we didn't do anything about it."

Tazewell (3-3) hosts Graham on Thursday, the same night Grundy hosts Richlands.



TAZEWELL (3-3)

Bradshaw 4, Catron 3, Hash 15, Saunders 13, Christian 1, Sparks 4, Snapp 0, Ruble 0.

GRUNDY (3-1)

Webb 23, Stiltner 9, Charles 8, Hall 8, Owens 4, Snead 8, Cantrell 5, Yates 0, Kyle 0, Thompson 0.

Tazewell..................................10 4 13 14 — 41

Grundy....................................16 17 18 14 — 89

3-piont goals: Taz 2 (Bradshaw, Saunders), Gru 9 (Webb 5, Charles 2, Stiltner, Cantrell).