HASKELL - A scoring drought of nearly seven minutes Thursday night cost Fountain Lake a chance to make the state tournament.
The drought bridged the first and second quarters, and Harding Academy took advantage with a 15-0 run, building a deficit too great for the Lady Cobras to overcome in a 50-42 victory in the first round of the Class 3A-2 Regional at Benton Harmony Grove.
The Lady Wildcats (23-6) turned a 13-8 deficit into a 22-13 advantage with the run. Fountain Lake (15-9) took its largest lead on a Rilee Bryant three-pointer with 2:14 left in the first and didn’t score again until Bailey Womack’s layup with 3:34 left in the half.
Riley Rose led the Lady Wildcats with 20 points, including a buzzer-beating three-pointer at the end of the third quarter after Fountain Lake had cut the deficit to 38-31.
Deidra McCoy led Fountain Lake with 11 points. Womack added 10 points.
ESTEM 42, BALD KNOB 29
Olivia McWilliams led the Lady Mets (25-5) with 18 points in a victory over the Lady Bulldogs.
Alexus Washington finished with a team-high 11 points for Bald Knob.
BOYS MAYFLOWER 69, BARTON 41
Hayden Long scored 24 points and didn’t even need to play in the fourth quarter, leading Mayflower to a rout.
Long only had two points in the first quarter as the Eagles (22-6) led 14-10. But he accounted for 12 points in the second quarter and 10 points in the third, hitting a three-pointer with three seconds left for a 59-31 advantage.
J.P. Perry finished with 13 points for Mayflower. Josiah Walker led the Bears with 15 points.
Sports, Pages 26 on 02/28/2014