Lady Wildcats fall short at Benton; Lady Bucks stare down Hampton

BENTON – Benton pulled away from El Dorado in the second half on Friday and downed the Lady Wildcats 68-44 in non-conference action. El Dorado's varsity girls slipped to 1-1 on the season.

The game was knotted 26-26 at the half. But the Lady Panthers outscored El Dorado 23-9 in the third quarter and 19-9 in the fourth to pull away to the win.

Carshaila Rozier and Lauren Nelson led El Dorado with 12 points apiece with Lindsey Lockhart adding seven.

“We put up a good fight most of the game,” said El Dorado coach Ashlee Curtis. “We have a few days before we take on Camden for our first home game. Back to the lab we go.”

Smackover 34, Hampton 27

HAMPTON – The Lady Bucks built a 24-10 halftime lead and then held on for a non-conference win at Hampton on Friday. Smackover improved to 2-3 on the season.

The Lady Bulldogs scored the first seven points of the third quarter and closed the gap to 30-27 with 5:27 left in the fourth quarter.

Laylah Gaston led Smackover with 12 points while Carlie Crawford scored 11.

Smackover also won the junior boys game 47-33 to improve their record to 5-1 on the season.

Nolan Dismuke had 15 points and Deondre Smith added 14 points for the Bucks.

Gurdon 48, Parkers Chapel 41

GURDON – Gurdon shot 38 free throws, including 18 in the fourth quarter, and knocked off the Lady Trojans on Friday. Parkers Chapel slipped to 2-4 on the season.

PC jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the first but was outscored 11-2 in the second quarter.

Madison Sullivan led the Lady Trojans with 12 points. Bella Frisby scored nine with Rebekah Hardy and Tess Monteith adding eight and seven, respectively.

Ashley Blaloch led the Lady Go-Devils with 17 points while Rayann Williams scored 15.