Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

High school basketball notes

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LITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN Lady Warriors on rebound

Little Rock Christian outrebound­ed Maumelle 49- 37 in a 25- point victory on Tuesday night. Junior Adrianne Chambers and sophomore Reagan Bradley combined for 27 of the Lady Warriors’ rebounds.

“They’re both averaging a doubledoub­le,” said Little Rock Christian Coach Ronald Rogers after the 65- 40 victory. “But we’ve really been paying attention to rebounding because that’s one thing that’s hurt us in the past. We’ve really focused on blocking out and rebounding. This was a great effort for us.”

Bradley, a 5- 8 guard, finished with 28 points and 10 rebounds. Chambers, a 5- 11 forward, scored 16 points and grabbed 17 rebounds.

Little Rock Christian ( 10- 4, 1- 0) will play at Little Rock Parkview ( 10- 2, 1- 0) in a 6A/ 5A- 4 Conference game. The Lady Warriors have won four of their past five games; Parkview is on a nine- game winning streak.

MILLS Tangle on the Trail Mills will play the Velma Jackson ( Camden, Miss.) Falcons on Saturday in the Tangle on the Trail at Pontotoc, Miss.

The game will feature two future SEC players — Mills forward Darious Hall ( Arkansas) and Velma Jackson point guard Nik Weatherspo­on ( Mississipp­i State).

Velma Jackson ( 9- 4) is currently ranked as the No. 1 Class 3A team in Mississipp­i and Weatherspo­on, at 6- 2, is averaging 25.0 points a game. Mills ( 13- 1) is riding an eight- game winning streak and is coming off a 65- 23 victory over Sheridan.

Forrest City ( 2- 9) is the other team from Arkansas to participat­e in the one- day, eight- game event. The Mustangs will play Tupelo ( 10- 2).

FARMINGTON School record falls Farmington senior guard Matt Wilson set the school’s single- game scoring record with 49 in Tuesday’s 70- 48 victory over Siloam Springs.

Wilson scored 14 points in the first quarter for the Cardinals ( 10- 3), had 25 by halftime and added 15 more in the third quarter. He scored the last of his 49 points with 4: 52 remaining to play.

The previous school record was held by Jessica Carter- McCollough, who scored 47 for the Lady Cardinals in 2000.

LAST- SECOND SHOTS Jonesboro is ranked No. 17 in both the MaxPreps Xcellent25 and MaxPreps Computer rankings. Mills is ranked No. 13 in the Computer rankings but is not ranked in the Xcellent 25 poll. … After winning the Sandra Meadows Invitation­al Tournament in Duncanvill­e, Texas, during the holiday break, Fayettevil­le ( 13- 2) is 14th in the MaxPreps Computer rankings. North Little Rock ( 13- 1) is ranked No. 24 in the Computer rankings and No. 25 in the Xcellent25 rankings.

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