Staff report

DENTON — The basketball season for North Rowan’s girls team began with a harsh 78-13 loss to Albemarle, but don’t worry about the Cavaliers.

They bounced back on Monday. North got Central Carolina Conference play started with a 62-40 road win at South Davidson and gave new head coach Mia Terry her first victory.

Krisstyle Stockton made a confident 3-pointer to get the Cavaliers (1-1, 1-0) on the scoreboard first, and Allanah McArthur scored for a 5-0 lead.

With North leading 7-2, Dasia Elder scored seven straight points for a 14-2 cushion,  and the Cavaliers were on their way.

South Davidson (2-4, 0-1) got within 16-10 when North experienced a scoring drought early in the second quarter, but Elder made a big 3-pointer to get the Cavaliers going again.

McArthur scored 20 points, mostly on driving layups, some of them left-handed. Stockton got 14, while Elder added 10. Five more Cavaliers contributed points.

North Rowan    16    13   18   15   — 62

South Davidson  6    12    6   16   — 40

NORTH scoring — McArthur 20, Stockton 14, Elder 10, Cowan 6, Oglesby 5, Mason 3, King 2, Carpenter 2.