SPRINGDALE -- Fans who came for a show Tuesday likely didn't see the one they had anticipated.
Tylor Perry and Tyler Garrett combined for 49 points to lead Springdale Har-Ber to an 81-63 victory over Little Rock Christian in a nonconference game at Wildcat Arena.
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Little Rock Christian (6-1): Hill 30, Bennett 8, Finley 7, Moore 6, Strickland 5, Hightower 4, Chapple 3.
Springdale Har-Ber (7-3): Perry 26, Garrett 23, Buchanan 11, Ezell 8, Ragsdale 7, Dugger 3, Peck 3.
Perry scored 26 and Garrett 23 for the Wildcats (7-3), who turned the game into a blowout after leading by three points midway through the second quarter.
The combined play of the Har-Ber guards, including sophomore Nick Buchanan with 11, surpassed the performance of Justice Hill, an Arkansas commit who scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach.
"Our guys, when they share the ball like that, we're pretty hard to beat," Har-Ber coach Scott Bowlin said. "Our big guys played really well and (Josh) Ezell had eight blocks, I think. Nick, his shot is starting to go in. He just had to get caught up with the speed of the game."
Kalin Bennett scored eight points for Class 5A Little Rock Christian, which entered the game 6-0. But the Class 7A Wildcats had too much firepower and won the game handily against the Warriors.
Garrett, Perry and Buchanan each made two 3-pointers to help Har-Ber to a 36-25 lead at halftime. The Wildcats continued their hot shooting in the third quarter and stretched their lead to 55-29 after 3-pointers by Buchanan and Perry.
Hill showed flashes, but his play was inconsistent. He was sent to the bench briefly in the first half after a rushed shot that missed. Hill also missed a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to keep the Har-Ber lead at 11 points after two quarters.
"They were undefeated, and they've got a guy (Hill) who is going to be a Razorback," Bowlin said. "He scored 30, but I thought we did a good job on him."
Har-Ber will return home Dec. 21 against Webb City, Mo. The Wildcats open 7A-West Conference play at Rogers High on Jan. 5.
Springdale High 65, Fort Smith Southside 55
Four Bulldogs finished in double figures, and Springdale (5-4) used an 11-0 fourth-quarter run to distance itself from the Mavericks (6-3) in Bulldog Arena on Tuesday.
Sophomore guard Trentez Scales led coach Jeremy Price's team with 17 points, pushing his streak of double-figure games to three. Carl Fitch added 14 points and four blocks while guards Marquis Donahoo and Jajuan Boyd chipped in 11 and 10, respectively. Taye Gatewood led all scorers with 22 for Southside.
Rogers High 66, Siloam Springs 56
The Mounties (5-4) rolled to a 40-19 halftime lead en route to the nonconfrence win at King Arena.
Jaden Uecker and Drew Miller led Rogers with 16 points each while Garrett Dake chipped in 13. Spencer Lashley was Siloam Springs' lone player in double figures with 10. Murphy Perkins added eight for the Panthers (1-9).
FS Northside 66, Bentonville High 40
Javion Releford and Isaiah Joe scored a combined 35 points to power the defending state champion Grizzlies to a nonconference home win Tuesday.
Releford scored 18 and Joe 17 as Northside (7-4) opened a big first half lead and was never threatened.
Michael Shanks led Bentonville (4-2) with 19.
Bentonville West 46, Mountain Home 40
The Wolverines gutted out a home win with tough defense.
West (6-0) took a six-point halftime lead and never relinquished it to remain undefeated. Collier Blackburn led the Wolverines with 12 points, and Gabe Hornsby added eight.
David Wehmeyer, a 6-foot-9 senior for the Bombers, scored 12.
Sports on 12/13/2017