CENTERTON -- Morgan Vaughn turned momentum back in Siloam Springs' favor at the start of the fourth quarter.
Vaughn, a senior guard for the Lady Panthers, hit a 3-pointer to open the final quarter and break a 40-40 tie against Bentonville West. Vaughn then banked one in from the corner and the Lady Panthers went on to defeat the Lady Wolverines 52-45 in a nonconference girls basketball game at Wolverine Arena.
Girls
Siloam Springs 52, Bentonville West 45
Siloam Springs^12^19^9^12^—^52
Bentonville West^10^13^17^5^—^45
Siloam Springs (1-2): Vaughn 21, Price 13, Dorsey 7, Johnson 4, Hollenback 4, Noel 3.
Bentonville West (1-1): Wilson 16, Montgomery 9, Mahone 5, Reid 5, Henry 4, Kash 3, Kultgen 3.
Boys
Bentonville West 62, Siloam Springs 41
Siloam Springs^10^7^7^17^—^41
Bentonville West^12^16^15^19^—^62
Siloam Springs (0-3): Sorrells 11, Perkins 10, Ward 5, Pettit 3, Clement 3, Vachon 2, Everett 2, Weaver 2, Lashley 2, Wakefield 1.
Bentonville West (1-0): Collier Blackburn 16, Hornsby 10, Collin Blackburn 8, Rutherford 7, Laren 6, Barron 6, Dillon Bailey 5, Dawson Bailey 2, Wilmot 2.
Vaughn finished with a game-high and season-high 21 points and six 3-pointers, but none were bigger than those two treys to start the fourth as the Lady Panthers earned their first win of the season.
"I thought the first (3-pointer in the fourth) was a really good basketball play. She hit an excellent shot," said Siloam Springs coach Tim Rippy. "The second one, I think we probably got a little bit lucky on. She would probably tell you Arvest wasn't open, but the bank went in. We were fortunate and it turned out to be a big play for us."
Vaughn hit a pair of free throws midway through the fourth quarter to keep Siloam Springs' lead at six points. Hadlee Hollenback scored inside to make it 50-42.
The Lady Panthers missed the front end of a pair of 1-and-1s to close the game, but Chloe Price hit two with 3.3 seconds left to set the final score.
Price finished with 13 points for the Lady Panthers, who led by as many as 14 points in the second quarter. West cut the deficit to 31-23 at halftime and outscored Siloam Springs 17-9 in the third quarter to tie the game.
Shania Wilson scored 16 points to lead West (1-1), including all 10 of the Lady Wolverines' points in the first quarter.
Imani Montgomery added nine points for the Lady Wolverines.
"He's got a couple of really good shooters, so we expected them to hit some threes," said West coach Randy Richardson."We just felt like if we could play our game -- which is an inside game obviously -- and keep clawing after it just one basket at at a time, we felt like we had a chance."
Boys
Bentonville West 62, Siloam Springs 41
The Wolverines went on a 14-0 run to break a tie game and take control of their season-opener against the Panthers.
West (1-0) led 12-5 early, but a 7-0 Siloam Springs run that spanned into the second quarter tied the game at 12 after a 3-pointer by Karson Clement, a tomahawk dunk by Marquan Sorrells and a bucket inside by Tyler Pettit.
The Wolverines responded with the 14-0 run to go up 26-12. Gabe Hornsby started it with a 3-pointer. Dillon Bailey added a basket and Collier Blackburn and Garrett Wilmot also scored.
Collin Blackburn had a three-point play and Collier Blackburn followed with a basket to make it 26-12.
The Wolverines led 28-17 at halftime and extended that lead to 43-24 going into the fourth quarter.
Collier Blackburn led West with 16 points, while Hornsby had 10. Sorrells led the Panthers (0-3) with 11 points, while Murphy Perkins added 10.
Sports on 11/22/2017