ROGERS -- Rogers High made its last four field goals in regulation to force overtime and the Mounties then closed out the extra period with a 7-1 run to defeat Rogers Heritage 72-68 Tuesday night in a 7A-West Conference game.
Will Allen and Harrsion Heffley hit back-to-back layups to break a 68-68 tie and the War Eagles were 0-for-3 from the field with a turnover on their last four possessions in overtime.
7A-West Conference
Girls
Rogers High 50, Rogers Heritage 41
Heritage^10^8^11^12^—^41
Rogers^13^11^14^12^—^50
Heritage (5-10, 0-2):Seiler 12, Tiles 11, Turner 11, Scudder 6, Thompson 1.
Rogers (8-7, 1-1): Sandor 14, Williams 14, Richmond 11, Randels 10, McKinney 1.
Boys
Rogers High 72, Rogers Heritage 68 OT
Heritage^14^13^10^28^3—^68
Rogers^16^14^16^19^7^—^72
Heritage (9-7, 0-2): Olsen 20, Casey 16, Hobbs 15, S. Stanley 7, Breedlove 6, M. Stanley 4.
Rogers (7-8, 1-1): Benninghoff 23, Freeland 20, Allen 11, Heffley 10, Cooper 7, Young 1.
Jake Benninghoff led four Rogers (7-8, 1-1 7A-West) players in double with 23 points. Milacio Freeland added 20 for the Mounties while Allen and Heffley had 11 and 10 points, respectively. Rogers led 46-37 going to the fourth period but Heritage took a 62-56 lead with 1 minute, 9 seconds left in regulation.
But Benninghoff hit two layups as Rogers scored nine points the final 56.7 seconds to force overtime.
"We said coming into tonight that our back was against the wall and our kids fought hard," said Rogers coach Wayne Herren. "When things looked bad, the kids kept fighting and believing. Those last four shots in regulation were big."
Dane Olsen led Heritage (9-7, 0-2) with 20 points while Tony Casey and Lexus Hobbs had 16 and 15 points, respectively. Casey had 10 points in the fourth period to help the War Eagles to a six-point lead late in regulation. Heritage, which was whistled for two technical fouls, one in the fourth period and one in overtime, was 4 of 8 from the free throw line the final minute of regulation.
"Silly mistakes," said Heritage coach Tom Olsen. "We had things going our way, but we missed some free throws. Give credit to Rogers for making plays."
Girls
Rogers High 50, Rogers Heritage 41
Madison Sandor was one of four Rogers High players in double figures with 14 points and the junior added six rebounds and a team-high five assists as the Lady Mounties defeated Rogers Heritage 50-41.
Mykelle Williams also scored 14 points for the Lady Mounties (8-7, 1-1) while Kelsey Richmond and Elise Randels added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Randels had a double-double with 10 rebounds while Williams had seven rebounds.
Sandor scored 11 points in the first half as Rogers took a 24-18 lead and the 5-foot-10 forward opened the second half with her fourth 3-pointer to help Rogers to a 38-29 lead going to the fourth period. Rogers scored on 12 of 23 second-half possessions.
"I loved the balance," said Rogers coach Preston Early. "Madison, the last couple of days, stayed after practice and shot 800 Sunday and then came back again Monday after practice. Madison is working hard to develop. Mykelle was so smooth and she played with a lot of poise."
Emily Seiler led Heritage (5-10, 0-2) with 12 points while Amber Turner and Hailey Tiles had 11 each. Heritage trailed 29-26 early in the third period but the Lady War Eagles would go over five minutes without a field goal as Rogers took a nine-point lead to the final eight minutes.
"We had a hard time scoring on Rogers' defense," said Heritage coach Kevin Ramey. "It's always hard to score on Preston's defense. We just needed a couple of more scores here and there."
Sports on 01/13/2016