CLASS 7A

Davis cleans up for Springdale

Springdale forward Marquesha Davis looks to shoot over Cabot defender Camryn Harmon during the Class 7A girls state basketball tournament Wednesday at Van Buren. Davis finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a 49-46 overtime victory.
Springdale forward Marquesha Davis looks to shoot over Cabot defender Camryn Harmon during the Class 7A girls state basketball tournament Wednesday at Van Buren. Davis finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a 49-46 overtime victory.

VAN BUREN -- Springdale couldn't put Cabot away at the free-throw line, but not all of the Lady Bulldogs' misses were bad.

Not with Marquesha Davis keeping plays alive.

Class 7A State

Girls

Bentonville^10^8^9^24—^51

Fort Smith Northside^13^10^12^27—^62

Bentonville (13-15): K. Clark 15, Roberts 13, Hargus 9, Hughes 7, Clifton 4, Cochran 3.

Fort Smith Northside (18-10): Hawkins 19, Webster 14, Bandimore 9, Smith 8, Kinnard 8, Evans 2, Carey 2.

Springdale 49, Cabot 46

Cabot^8^10^10^14^4—^46

Springdale^13^8^13^8^7—49

Cabot (16-12): Vanoss 17, H. Allen 15, Harmon 8, Wagner 6.

Springdale (15-14); Davis 18, Dougan 10, Minchew 8, Vogel 7, Gause 2, Sysavanh 2, Turner 2.

Davis scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Springdale to a 49-46 victory over Cabot in overtime Wednesday in the first round of the Class 7A girls state tournament at Clair Bates Athletic Arena.

Springdale (15-14) made only 12 of 25 (48 percent) free throws, including four consecutive late in overtime to keep Cabot (16-12) from within a basket from tying the game.

Davis had four offensive rebounds and scored off a miss with 16 seconds left in regulation to give Springdale a 42-39 lead.

"I knew when Marquesha grabbed that rebound, there was no way that ball wasn't getting back in the basket," Springdale Coach Heather Hunsucker said. "She's long and she runs the floor so well."

Springdale then outscored Cabot 7-4 in overtime to win and advance to a second-round matchup against North Little Rock at 4 p.m. today.

Cabot forced overtime after falling behind 39-28 with less than seven minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Lady Panthers also trailed 7-0 and 11-2 in the first quarter.

"We threw a blow, Cabot threw a blow back," said Hunsucker, whose team lost 51-48 to Cabot in December. "We talked about how we needed to get that momentum back and make our own run. That's what you have to do in the state tournament. You have to get momentum back in your favor."

Cabot overcame an early deficit and took its first lead, 16-15, on a three-pointer by Holly Allen in the second quarter. Springdale regrouped and regained a 21-18 halftime advantage after consecutive layups by Davis, a sophomore. The Lady Bulldogs then stretched the lead to 29-23 after a three-pointer by Haley Dougan, who contributed 10 points.

"That [surge] was important because we always want to go into the third quarter with momentum," Dougan said. "I think we executed really well to get that going again."

Josie Vanoss had 17 points and Holly Allen 15 for Cabot, which had only four players score. Seven players scored for Springdale, including forward Ashlyn Minchew, who had eight.

FORT SMITH NORTHSIDE 62, BENTONVILLE 51

Topazia Hawkins scored 19 points and Aniya Webster 14 to lead Fort Smith Northside past Bentonville.

Hawkins made both of her three-point attempts and was 7 of 9 from the free-throw line for the Lady Bears (18-10). Hawkins and Maegan Bandimere each hit three-pointers in the second half when Northside increased its lead to 49-33.

Krista Clark scored 15 points and Abby Roberts 13 for Bentonville (13-15).

CONWAY 73, SPRINGDALE HAR-BER 44

Jacie Higgins scored 19 points against her former team to help Conway (23-8) roll to victory. Higgins played three years at Har-Ber (17-13) before transferring to Conway for her senior season. Asiya Smith led all scorers with 20 points for Conway, which had four players score 10 points or more. Conway led 22-7 after one quarter and 36-20 at halftime.

Sports on 03/02/2017

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