7A-CENTRAL GIRLS
CONWAY 75, FORT SMITH SOUTHSIDE 40
FORT SMITH -- Conway wanted to take out its frustrations after Tuesday's loss at Fort Smith Northside.
Unfortunately for the Mavericks, they were next on the Lady Wampus Cats' schedule.
Making its second trip to Fort Smith within a week, Conway dominated Southside from the start en route to an easy 75-40 7A-Central girls victory here Friday night.
The Lady Wampus Cats (20-2, 7-1 7A-Central) stayed in a three-way tie atop the conference standings along with Northside and North Little Rock. It was Northside's 49-47 victory over the Lady Wampus Cats that forged the tie. Conway hosts North Little Rock on Tuesday.
"After going 6-0 in this conference, it is easy to forget the little things," Conway Coach Ashley Nance said. "We got outrebounded against Northside and [had a] lack of effort going after rebounds.
"Tonight, I thought we played really good defense and rebounded the ball. We have to do that again on Tuesday."
Southside (3-15, 2-6) did lead early on two Melanie Rice inside baskets to take a 5-3 lead two minutes into the game. Conway then went on a 15-0 run in to open up an 18-7 lead.
Though the Mavericks did get some easy baskets against Conway's 1-3-1 zone defense, the Wampus Cats did force 20 turnovers in the first three quarters in building a 63-32 advantage.
Conway had three players with 10 or more points -- Asiyha Smith led with 16, Myia Yelder had 13 and Jadah Pickens added 10.
Rice scored a game-high 18 points to lead Southside, which hosts Cabot on Tuesday.
CONWAY (75)
Smith 7 2-2 16, Yelder 5 0-0 13, Pickens 5 0-0 10, Roetzel 3 0-0 9, Nolen 4 0-0 8, Netherlain 2 0-0 5, Chatman 2 1-2 5, Reed 1 0-0 3, Wiseman 1 0-0 2, Rector 0 2-2 2, Summerville 1 0-0 2. Totals 31 5-6 75.
FS SOUTHSIDE (40)
Rice 8 2-2 18, Carson 2 1-2 7, Kleck 3 1-1 7, Smith 1 0-0 3, Graham 0 3-6 3, Jones 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 7-11 40.
Conway (20-2);22 24 17 12 -- 75
FS Southside (3-15);9 9 14 8 -- 40
Three-point goals -- Conway 8 (Roetzel 3, Yelder 3, Netherlain, Reed), FS Southside 3 (Carson 2, Smith). Team fouls -- Conway 11, Southside 10. Fouled out -- none.
Sports on 02/03/2018