Lady Tigers Sixth At Holiday Tourney

PRAIRIE GROVE — Competing in the Siloam Springs Holiday Classic girls basketball tournament the week after Christmas and before New Year’s day, Prairie Grove finished in sixth place.

Rogers High 44, Prairie Grove 27

Rogers got a dozen points apiece from Madison Sandor and Kelsey Richmond as the Lady Mounties handed the Prairie Grove girls a 44-27 loss in the fifth-place game. Prairie Grove managed only 13 first- half points, and only four Lady Tigers scored in the loss. Camree Bartholomew and Lexie Madewell each scored nine points for Prairie Grove. Parker Lopez had team highs in rebounds with 5 and assists with 4.

Prairie Grove 44, Coweta (Okla.) 41

Prairie Grove edged Coweta, Okla., 44-41, on Dec. 29 behind Emily Grant’s 16 points and Bartholomew’s 10. The Lady Tigers trailed by two, 13-11, after the first quarter and were down, 22-19, at the half. In the third quarter, they reversed their fortunes and tone of the game by outscoring, Coweta, 13- 8, taking a 32-30 lead into the fourth quarter. As the game see-sawed back- and- forth late in the contest, Larisha Crawford was fouled and her two free throws gave Prairie Grove a 42-41 lead. The Lady Tigers dug in for the last 1:32, holding onto the lead and capturing a three-point win. With the victory, Prairie Grove advanced to take on 7A Rogers Dec. 30 in the final game of the tournament for both teams. Sha’Rae Frazier scored a team-high 10 points and Madison Wheat had 9 for Coweta. Grant had 3 blocked shots in the game for Prairie Grove.

Springdale High 54, Prairie Grove 47

Big shots at the end of quarters lifted 7A Springdale High to a 54-47 win over Prairie Grove. Lady Red’Dogs guard Jeniya Gause scored a gamehigh 16 points to lead Springdale. Her seventh point of the first half, a floater in the lane as time expired broke a tie and gave Springdale a 24-22 lead. Gause also had a pair of 3-pointers in the second half.

The end of the third period brought deja vu for Prairie Grove. Marquesha Davis hit a 3-pointer to end the third quarter breaking another tie, this one at 38-all, and giving Springdale a 41-38 lead going into the fourth. Davis, who scored 15 points, again produced 5 consecutive points to help Springdale sneak away from another tie, at 45-all.

Springdale pressed a lot and went 11-of-14 from the free- throw line. Prairie Grove kept the game close by making 4 of 11 shots from beyond the arc during the first three quarters, but the Lady Tigers couldn’t connect from 3- point land in the fourth, going 0 for 7. Springdale meanwhile was looking for high-percentage shots and only took four 3-pointers in the fourth, making two.

Six players scored for the Lady Tigers with Bartholomew leading the way with 12 points. Crawford and Grant had 10 apiece and Lopez added 9.