ROGERS -- One of the most glaring problems for Rogers High this season has been poor free throw shooting, especially in clutch situations.
The Lady Mounties may have put that problem to rest.
7A-West Conference
Girls
Rogers High 40, Rogers Heritage 33
Heritage^13^9^6^5^—^ 33
Rogers^10^7^7^16^ —^40
Heritage (9-13, 2-7): Jobst 12, Giesen 11, Tiles 6, Seiler 2, Scudder 2.
Rogers (8-14, 2-7): Sagely 10, Randels 10, McKinney 6, Sandor 5, Repella 4, Richmond 3, Brown 2.
Boys
Rogers Heritage 47, Rogers High 42
Heritage^15^10^13^9^ —^ 47
Rogers^8^12^19^3^ — ^42
Heritage (15-7, 6-3): Hirsh 17, Hobbs 10, Coover 9, Olsen 6, Breedlove 5.
Rogers (6-16, 1-8): Benninghoff 13, Salvador 9, Heffley 7, McCullough 6, Freeland 5, Cooper 2
Tasha Repella hit four free throws the final 55.1 seconds and Rogers made 9 of 10 free throws the final 5:27 as the Lady Mounties defeated Rogers Heritage 40-33 in a 7A-West Conference game Tuesday in King Arena.
Rogers finished the game 10 of 12 from the free throw line and all those trips came in the second half as the Lady Mounties erased a Lady War Eagles 22-17 halftime lead and a 28-24 deficit heading to the fourth quarter.
Elise Randels and Brooke Sagely each finished with 10 points for Rogers (8-14, 2-7 7A-West). Randels scored eight points in the second half, including 5 of 6 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter as Rogers outscored Heritage 16-5 the final eight minutes
"That was our best free throw performance of the year," Rogers coach Preston Early said. "We did a fantastic job of coming through under pressure. We didn't miss any free throws that we needed to have. We really needed this."
Rogers took the lead for good when sophomore Maddie McKinney hit a 3-pointer for a 34-32 lead with 2:04 left in the game. Repella then put the game away with four straight free throws over a a 40-second span for a 38-33 lead. Randels canned two more from the line with 3.2 seconds left.
"Maddi's shot was huge," Early said. "I just thought we got a lot of key contributions from a lot of different players."
Emilie Jobst led Heritage (9-13, 2-7) with 12 points while Sara Giesen added 11. The Lady War Eagles didn't score a field goal the final 11:03 of the game after missing their final eight shots, including a 3-point attempt that would have tied the game with 16 seconds left.
"Give Rogers credit for the job they did defensively," said Heritage coach Kevin Ramey. "We had a lead going down the stretch, but Rogers made plays. Rogers hit a couple of big shots and they got to the foul line. We got a good look at the end, but it didn't go down."
Boys
Rogers Heritage 47, Rogers High 42
Connor Hirsh scored 17 points and Lexus Hobbs added 10 as the War Eagles (15-7, 6-3) pulled away from the Mounties in the fourth quarter.
Rogers (6-16, 1-8) took a 42-40 lead on a 3-pointer by Jake Benninghoff with 6:13 left in the game. But Heritage held Rogers scoreless the rest of the way and baskets by Hirsh and Hobbs pushed the War Eagles lead to 45-42.
Rogers missed two 3-point attempts in the finals seconds and Marcus Breedlove put the game away with two free throws with 3.9 seconds left. The Mounties led by seven late in the third quarter.
Benninghoff finished with 13 points for the Mounties.
Sports on 02/11/2015