Bentonville Gold Pulls Away From Gravette
DECATUR AVOIDS MERCY RULE
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Bentonville Gold’s Garrett Kaufman, center, is pressured by Gravette’s Cody Nims, left, during Monday’s junior boys game in the Benton County Invitational at Siloam Springs.
Photo by Andy Shupe
Bentonville Gold did just enough to avoid another first-round upset loss to Gravette in the first round of the junior boys division of the Benton County Invitational on Monday. The third-seeded Tigers went on an 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter and held on for a 41-34 win against the sixth-seeded Lions at Panther Arena. Gravette, which upset Gold in the county tournament two years ago, had pulled within 27-23 at the end of the third quarter when Ternece Pierce hit a jumper at the buzzer. The Tigers (4-1) responded in the fourth with a putback from Austin Haggard and a pair of transition baskets from Garrett Kaufman off turnovers. Johnny Drechny’s bucket underneath gave Gold (1-4) its ...
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