Ryan Gravley became just the sixth boy’s basketball player in school history to score 1,000 career points and Carroll County moved to 14-0 Saturday with an 85-41 rout of Richlands in Hillsville.
Gravley led all scorers with 20 points and joined Pat Sharp, Steve Dowdy, Cheston Stoneman, Tee Jackson and Brad Hiatt in the school’s 1,000-point club.
“I think that is just a big accomplishment and it couldn’t happen to a better kid,” Carroll County head coach Brad Hawks said. “He came out Saturday aggressive and that’s the way he needs to play all the time, looking to score all the time like that, looking for shots.”
Carroll County’s 14-0 start is the best start to a season by a boys’ basketball team in school history. The 1978-79 team started 9-0 before Marc Quesenberry scored 48 points to lead Galax to a 73-71 upset of the Cavaliers. Carroll came back to hammer Galax in the rematch en route to a 24-2 season that ended with the first of two regional championships and two straight appearances in the Group AA semifinals.
Connor Lundy added 16 points and canned four 3-pointers Saturday as the Cavaliers rolled to a 3-0 mark in the Southwest District. Chris Smoot chipped in 10 points and Austin Horton, Tyler Lineberry and Blake Dalton all scored nine for Carroll, which built a 53-16 lead at halftime.
Richlands1249 16 - 41
Carroll Co. 23 30 16 16 - 85
Richlands – Brown 13, Johnson 13, Hunsaker 5, Anderson 4, Call 4, Sahyouni 2. 3-pointers – Brown 3.
Carroll County – Gravley 20, Lundy 16, Smoot 10, Dalton 9, Horton 9, Lineberry 9, Beamer 4 Keith 4, Hayton 4. 3-pointers – Lundy 4, Smoot 2.
Carroll Co. 60, Pulaski Co. 43
Carroll County finished the game on a 12-3 run Jan. 9 to pull away from Pulaski County 60-43 in Hillsville and remain unbeaten.
Carroll County led 48-40 with 3:30 to play before closing the game strong to win by 17. Connor Lundy led all scorers with 14 points and Ryan Gravley tossed in 13 as the Cavaliers completed a season sweep of Pulaski County (3-9).
Carroll limited the Cougars to just 19 first-half points, but only led 24-19 at the half and 37-28 heading into the final quarter. Chris Smoot added 10 points and drained both of the Cavaliers’ 3-point baskets in the victory.
Cameron Merchant scored 11 points to lead the way for Pulaski County.
Pulaski 1189 15 - 43
Carroll 14 10 13 23 - 60
Pulaski County – Merchant 11, Akers 8, Blevins 8, Poe 7, Johnston 4, Mattox 3, Evans 1, Burks 1. 3-pointers – Poe 1.
Carroll County – Lundy 14, Gravley 13, Smoot 10, Beamer 8, Keith 8, Horton 4, Reese 2, Case 1. 3-pointers – Smoot 2.
Carroll Co. 83, Tazewell 64
Carroll County went on a 14-0 run in the second half to pull away from Tazewell 83-64 on Jan. 8 in the Cavaliers’ first Southwest District road game of the season.
Unbeaten Carroll County took a commanding 37-20 lead at the half before the Bulldogs made things interesting. Led by Jalen Jordan’s 21-point night, Tazewell (6-7, 0-1 SWD) opened the third quarter on a 22-11 run to pull to within 48-42 late in the period.
The Cavaliers answered with 14 straight points to go back in front by 20 heading into the fourth quarter. Carroll made five 3-pointers over a six-minute span to highlight a 17-6 run that put the Cavs back in command at 65-48.
Ryan Gravley led all scorers with 22 points, while teammate Cody Keith chipped in 16 points and keyed the Cavaliers’ defensive pressure. Austin Horton added 10 points inside for Carroll as 11 Cavaliers scored in the victory. As a team, Carroll made 20-of-27 free throws.
Christian Lewis added 13 points for the Bulldogs and Noah Walker scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the loss.
Carroll 17 20 25 21 - 83
Tazewell 10 10 22 22 - 64
Carroll County – Gravley 22, Keith 16, Horton 10, Beamer 7, Smoot 5, Case 5, Lundy 5, Reece 4, Lineberry 4, Snow 3, Holder 2. 3-pointers – Gravley 3, Beamer 2, Lundy 1, Smoot 1.
Tazewell – Jordan 21, Hancock 13, N. Walker 10, Lewis 9, Santana 4, Mountain 4, McCann 2, Cline 1. 3-pointers – Hancock 3, Jordan 1.
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