PRAIRIE GROVE -- Will Pridmore showed on Friday why Prairie Grove is excited about him.
Pridmore, a sophomore, scored a season-high 25 points to lead the Tigers to a 58-46 victory over Greenland in 3A/4A District 1 action at the Tigers Arena. Prairie Grove outscored Greenland 16-8 in the fourth quarter after the Pirates got to within one point twice in the third quarter.
Boys
Prairie Grove 58, Greenland 46
Greenland^12^11^15^8^—^46
Prairie Grove^20^10^12^16^—^58
Greenland (5-12): Wolfe 21, Watkins 15, Wilson 4, Anderson 4, Tincher 2.
Prairie Grove (10-11): Pridmore 25, Simmons 15, Laird 5, Cooper 5, Disney 4, Moore 4.
Girls
Greenland^15^15^11^14^—^55
Prairie Grove^9^10^11^14^—^44
Greenland (17-5): Redmond 19, Pickett 12, Wilson 9, Osborn 10, Boone 5.
Prairie Grove (8-13): Bartholomew 18, Lopez 12, Grant 5, Madewell 4, Crawford 2, Hutsell 2, Hartgrave 1.
Pridmore did most of his damage inside but he also made three 3-pointers. He helped put the game away with a three and a short jumper to give the Tigers (10-11) a 54-45 lead in the fourth quarter.
"Tonight was a glimpse of what Will is capable of doing," Prairie Grove coach Steve Edmiston said. "He's a scorer and he shot it really well."
Prairie Grove spent most of the night pounding the ball inside to Pridmore and center Cameron Simmons, who scored 15 points. Isaac Disney, Taylor Moore, and Zeke Laird contributed assists before Laird and Pridmore hit 3-pointers to give the Tigers a 26-14 lead.
Reserve center Demarkus Cooper also contributed a couple of baskets for the Tigers, who rebounded from a 64-47 defeat to Gravette on Tuesday. Pridmore had 11 points in that game.
"It's kind of old-school, inside-outside basketball, but I think it works for us really well," Edmiston said.
Greenland (5-11) rallied in the third quarter behind Zac Wolfe, who finished with 21 points. Cutter Watkins added 15 for the Pirates, who stayed within reach after losing 70-40 to Pea Ridge on Tuesday.
"That had us outmanned inside," Greenland coach Jared Gobel said. "But our offense looked pretty good I thought. We're executing better and not throwing the ball away like we did earlier in the year. We've just got to keep grinding."
Girls
Greenland 55, Prairie Grove 44
McKayla Redmond scored 19 points to lead a 3-point blitz against Prairie Grove.
Redmond led the way with five of Greenland's nine 3-pointers. Hayleigh Pickett made four 3-pointers and finished with 12 points.
Greenland (17-5) led 30-19 at halftime and 41-30 after three quarters.
Camree Bartholomew scored 18 points and Parker Lopez 12 to lead the Lady Tigers (8-13).
Sports on 01/28/2017