Despite splitting a Watauga Valley Conference doubleheader, the mood at North Greene remained celebratory throughout the night.

After the Lady Huskies earned a conference win, the school honored long-time coach and teacher Jerome Woolsey by naming the gymnasium after him.

Following the ceremony, the Cloudland Highlanders damped the mood slightly by defeating the Huskies 44-35 in the nightcap.

The 54-44 victory for the Lady Huskies improves their overall record to 14-10 and their league record to 7-0.

The boys squad now falls to 2-5 in Watauga Valley Conference action and 10-11 overall.

North Greene hosts Hampton on Tuesday in another key conference matchup.

On this historic night, the North Greene Lady Huskies came out strong and had little trouble dispatching the visiting Lady Highlanders of Cloudland. The final score was 54-44.

North Greene never trailed in the contest and led by double digits for over half the contest. The Lady Huskies were ahead 13-8 at the end of the first quarter.

The lead quickly expanded as the Lady Huskies went on an 11-4 run to open the second. Laiken Morrow began the barrage with a triple and paced the attack with seven points in the quarter.

After scoring 20 points in the second, North Greene enjoyed a 33-20 halftime lead.

The Lady Highlanders (13-9, 3-3) reduced the lead under 10 points only one time in the second half and that was just briefly.

The Lady Huskies used a balanced attack to capture the victory. Mariah Britton led her team with 11 points despite sitting for more than a quarter due to foul trouble.

Morrow and Haley Vaughn each chipped in nine points in the win. Dakota White added eight points for the winners.

Cloudland's Brittney Reece was the high scorer of the contest with 19 points. Kersti Birchfield added 10 points in the loss.

Perhaps it was the long delay before the game, but the North Greene Huskies came out cold offensively and never could get on track. The final margin was nine points in the defensive struggle.

Cloudland won the contest 44-35 despite making only 14 of 40 field goal attempts. North Greene connected on 12 of 39 shots from the field.

Friday marked the return of Dylan Payne to the lineup. Payne has not played since January 19 - a total of five games. It did not show.

Payne was the offensive catalyst for the Huskies all night long. He scored in every quarter and finished with a team-high 20 points.

The first quarter was so sluggish offensively, the score was 9-5 in favor of Cloudland (17-5, 5-1). It did not improve too much in the second, though.

The halftime lead for the Highlanders was 18-14. North Greene made only five of 24 shots through two quarters.

For a second straight quarter, the teams combined to score 18 points. The Highlanders gained a point by netting 10 points compared to eight for the Huskies.

North Greene trailed 28-22 heading into the final quarter but could not overcome the poor shooting. The team did manage to score 13 points in the fourth, but it was not enough to pull out the win.

Matt Potter led all scorers with 21 points for the Highlanders.