Basketball: Siloam Springs holds off Farmington

Lady Cards hit 14 3-pointers in win

SILOAM SPRINGS -- Siloam Springs made the plays it needed to make down the stretch in its 5A/6A District 1 opener against Farmington.

The Panthers hit 4 of 6 free throws and forced a huge jump ball with a slim lead and finished off a 64-59 victory over the Cardinals in Panther Activity Center on Wednesday.

"The kids executed offensively, maybe the best we have all year in spurts and it enabled us to keep the lead," said Siloam Springs coach Tim Stewart. "It was one of those games where our kids have been close and the effort's been there. We just haven't quite had the payoff. Tonight we take a charge, we hit a free throw there and did enough to get the payoff."

After a sluggish start to begin the game, falling behind 12-4 early, the Panthers rallied to take the lead in the second quarter and they never gave it up the rest of the way.

"We missed eight or nine free throws there in the first half," said Farmington coach Beau Thompson. "We had a chance to extended the lead, but we let a team stay close on their home floor. For us, we're really offensively challenged, so our margin for error is not real high."

Siloam Springs led by as many as six points in the second half, but the Panthers never could pull away from Farmington, who stayed in it thanks to a game-high 22 points from Skyler Montez.

"After the start of the game, we were kind of out of sorts in that first quarter," Stewart said. "I thought our kids showed a lot of toughness to keep it close enough to be in reach. We're up one going into halftime, where we were able to turn it around."

Leading 60-59 with 10.1 seconds left, Thad Wright banked in a free throw for Siloam Springs but missed the second shot, however Marquan Sorrells got his hands on the rebound along with a Farmington player to force a jump ball and the possession arrow going to the Panthers.

Spencer Lashley got the inbound and was fouled with 5.6 left, and he made both free throws for a 63-59 lead. The Cardinals (7-8, 0-10 turned the ball over without any time running off and Sorrells split another pair of free throws to set the final score.

Lashley and Jacob Wakefield each scored 14 points to lead the Panthers (3-12, 1-0), who won their second straight game. Sorrells added 10 points.

Siloam Springs 64, Farmington 59

Farmington 15 9 14 21 -- 59

Siloam Springs 12 13 16 23 -- 64

Farmington (7-8, 0-1): S. Montez 22, J. Montez 12, Staten 11, Maxwell 5, Killian 3, Shelly 3, Gray 2, Valenzuala 1.

Siloam Springs (3-12, 1-0): Lashley 14, Wakefield 14, Sorrells 10, Perkins 7, Stewart 6, Pettit 4, Flores 4, Wright 3, Clement 2.

Girls

Farmington 72, Siloam Springs 61

Farmington's shooters let it fly in the Lady Cardinals' 5A/6A District 1 opener.

The Lady Cardinals buried 14 3-pointers in a victory over the Lady Panthers inside Panther Activity Center.

Makenna Vanzant hit six from long range and led Farmington (12-2, 1-0) with 27 points, while Madisyn Pense had five 3-pointers and scored 20 points.

Camryn Journagan contributed a first-quarter 3-pointer and added 13 points, while former Siloam Springs forward Alexis Roach hit a pair of 3-pointers in the second half and chipped in 10 points.

"I think we're pretty fortunate to have some kids that can shoot the basketball," said Farmington coach Brad Johnson. "We've got some versatile kid that can play a lot of positions, and that makes us difficult to guard."

Chloe Price led Siloam Springs (4-11, 0-1) with 18 points, while Morgan Vaughn had 16.

Farmington led 26-21 at halfitme, and Siloam Springs cut it to 26-24 on a Vaughn 3-pointer to open the second half.

Vanzant answered with three straight 3-pointers as the Lady Cardinals began to pull away.

The Lady Cardinals led by as many as 17 in the second half.

"We played hard and lost to a very good team," said Siloam Springs coach Tim Rippy. "At the end of the day, they shot the ball extremely well, and we give them a lot of credit."

Farmington seemed to be on the verge of running away with it in the first half. The Lady Cardinals scored the first nine points of the game after Makenna Vanzant, Alexis Roach and Madisyn Pense scored on fastbreak layups, followed by a 3-pointer from Vanzant.

The Lady Panthers answered with seven straight on a three-point play from Shelby Johnson, a basket by Chloe Price and two free throws from Johnson.

Farmington then took control, pulling ahead by as many as nine on two different occasions before Siloam Springs ended the half on a 4-0 run to cut the lead to 26-21 after baskets by Johnson and Hadlee Hollenback.

Farmington 72, Siloam Springs 61

Farmington 18 8 21 25 -- 72

Siloam Springs 12 9 16 24 -- 61

Farmington (12-2): Vanzant 27, Pense 20, Journagan 13, Roach 10, Taylor 2.

Siloam Springs (4-11): Price 18, M. Vaughn 16, Hollenback 8, Johnson 7, Shreve 3, Noel 3, Williams-Loftis 3, A. Vaughn 2, Harried 1.

Preps Basketball on 01/04/2018

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