COLD SPRINGS — Coach Scott Adams thought his Holly Pond girls basketball team played about as well as it could’ve Monday night.

It’s a good thing, too, because that’s what it takes to beat Cold Springs at Jesse George Gymnasium.

Meg Gambrill scored a game-high 23 points, and sophomore Ruth Horton shook off early foul trouble to pile on three 3-pointers and 19 points in a 69-58 victory for the Lady Broncos.

By winning the battle of unbeatens, Holly Pond (4-0, 3-0 in county) took the upperhand — for now — in the fight for the top seed at this year’s county tournament. Cold Springs is still firmly in contention at 3-1 overall and 2-1 in county play.

Holly Pond senior Kaitlyn Stephens drained two of her three treys in the first quarter en route to a 13-point performance. Eighth-grader Molly Gambrill put up 10 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Melissa Clingman (three points) and Taylor Tankersley (one) rounded out the Broncos’ scorers.

Caitlyn Hall paced the Eagles with 16 points, followed by Emme Willoughby and McKinnley Davis with 13 apiece. Keegan Johnson tossed in 12 points — all from behind the arc — and Rilee White and Kaleigh Merring each added two.

Davis helped Cold Springs chip away at a 17-point deficit after three quarters with an 8-of-10 mark at the free-throw line in the final eight minutes.

Varsity Boys

‰ Cold Springs 74, Holly Pond 73: The Eagles erased a nine-point hole at halftime and five-point deficit entering the fourth quarter to keep their season-plus win streak at home intact.

Triston Chambers went off for 14 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, and Austin Moore, Josh Freeman and Cayde Elliott had nine Cold Springs improved to 4-0. Other contributors for the Eagles were Derick Isbell, five points; Adam Carney, three; and Collin Day, two.

Coach Tim Willoughby said Chambers brought the Eagles back into the game with 3-of-4 on his 3’s in the fourth quarter and that Freeman successfully “played forever with four fouls.” He never picked up a fifth and contributed to the Eagles’ late 4-of-4 stretch from the charity stripe.

Willoughby said Cold Springs sold out on the last stop it needed with 12.7 seconds to go.

“It was a great game,” he said. “It was just guts at the end.”

Austin Smith led all scorers with 38 points for Holly Pond, which fell to 2-2. Cody Jones and Drew Jones had 18 and 10 points, respectively.