Senior forward Adrian Moore scored 22 points, and North Little Rock shrugged off a sluggish start on its way to a 71-53 victory over Mountain Home in a 7A/6A-East game at the North Little Rock arena.
Mountain Home (5-18, 1-8) led 13-8 late in the first quarter, getting a surge from 5-8 freshman guard Luke Jackson, who scored all 18 of his points in the first three quarters, all on three-pointers.
"He hit two or three and then he hit one from the volleyball line (35 feet)," North Little Rock Coach Johnny Rice said. "The kids were looking at me and I was like 'yeah, you've got to get him everywhere.' "
North Little Rock (11-10, 5-4) trailed 15-13 to start the second quarter, but led 35-27 by halftime. In the third quarter, North Little Rock went up as many as 19 before Mountain Home closed back to within 55-42 to start the fourth quarter.
"We started out slow, but we did what we had to do," Rice said. "There were a lot of things we could have done better."
Senior guard Morris Talbert added 16 points for North Little Rock. Senior guard Chase Ohler scored 10 points for Mountain Home.
MOUNTAIN HOME (53)
Jackson 6 0-0 18, Ohler 3 2-2 10, McDonald 0 0-0 0, Wehmeyer 4 0-0 8, Jacobelle 1 2-2 4, Griggs 1 0-0 2, Morrison 0 0-0 0, Crider 0 0-0 0, Dietsche 4 0-0 8, Cotter 1 1-1 3, Stone 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 5-5 53.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK (71)
Moore 10 1-2 22, Ricks 2 0-0 4, Talbert 5 3-3 16, Taylor 2 1-3 5, Walker 3 2-2 8, M. Dobbins 0 1-2 1, Nixon 0 1-2 1, Fresh 1 0-0 3, D. Dobbins 3 0-0 7, Mixon 0 0-0 0, Jenkins 2 0-0 4. Totals 28 9-14 71.
Mountain Home (5-18);15;12;15;11 -- 53
North Little Rock (11-10);13;22;20;16 -- 71
Three-point goals -- MH 8 (Jackson 6, Ohler 2). NLR 6 (Talbert 3, Moore, Fresh, D. Dobbins). Team fouls -- MH 12, NLR 13. Fouled out -- Fresh.
Sports on 02/10/2016