GRAVETTE — Gravette junior Carson Pollreis hit a jump shot early in the third quarter and then blocked a Farmington shot a few minutes later.
After forcing the turnover, Pollreis dribbled to the middle of the court through two defenders before going straight to the bucket for a layup.
Pollreis, who finished with a game-high 20 points, then capped off the scoring run by hitting a 3-pointer to help give the Lions a 58-38victory over Farmington on Friday night.
“I don’t know what it is, but he always plays well against Farmington,” Gravette coach Dustin Peters said. “I wish he’d do that every game.”
Gravette (14-7, 6-3 4A-1 Conference) took a 10-point lead against the Cardinals (6-10, 3-7) at halftime and never let up in the second half.
The Lions outscored Farmington 21-9 in the third quarter and led by as much as 26 points in the fourth quarter.
Along with Pollreis’ biggame, the Lions were also paced on offense by Kyle Bilderback’s 10 points.
“We did a poor job of finishing both the first and second quarters,” Farmington coach Beau Thompson said. “We couldn’t score and they scored a bunch on us. That’s mostly our fault because we couldn’t take care of the basketball.”
Farmington, which committed 15 turnovers overall, was led by 10 points from junior Matt Brackett.
Gravette’s success started in the second quarter when it ended the half with an 11-0 run. During that stretch, sophomore Terence Pierce scored seven points, including a 3-pointer as the halftime buzzer sounded.
Peters said he told his players at halftime that they could put the game away in the first three minutes of the third quarter by staying focused.
“I wanted our guys to know that if we didn’t let up and kept scoring points, the game would virtually be over,” Peters said. “I was proud of how we came out and really executed. It takes us awhile to get going on offense, but we let our defense dictate how we play and we did a great job tonight.”
GRAVETTE 58 FARMINGTON 38
Farmington 12 5 9 12 - 38
Gravette 14 17 21 6 - 58
Farmington (6-10, 3-7): Brackett 10, Martin 10, Hollingsworth 5, McClain 4, Dellett 3, Duffy 2, Mueller 2, Garner 2.
Gravette (14-7, 6-3): Pollreis 20, Bilderback 10, Pierce 9, Nims 6, Kerley 4, Parker 4, VanOtterloo 3, Greenway 2.
Girls
Farmington 73 Gravette 42
Farmington outscoredthe Lady Lions by 20 points in the second half en route to a lopsided victory on Friday.
The Lady Cardinals (17-4, 9-1) were led by 19 points from Breanna Jones and 14 from Tiffany Rhame.
Farmington started to pull away in the second quarter when it outscored Gravette 18-7. The Lady Cardinals then never let up in the second half.
Gravette was led by Shyanne Nichols, who scored 15 points, while Destaney Wishon had eight.
FARMINGTON 73 GRAVETTE 42
Farmington 14 18 21 20 - 73
Gravette 14 7 14 7 - 42
Farmington (17-4, 9-1):
Jones 19, Rhame 14, Scheyder 12,
Lewis 8, Journagan 8, Maxwell
4, Blackburn 4, Oliver 4.
Gravette: Nichols 15, Wishon 8,
Meeker 6, Pruitt 5, M. White 4,
A. White 2, Bayley 2.
The Gravette Lions basket ball team lost last Tuesday's conference game against the Berryville Bobcats by a score of 61-38. The Gravette girls lost to the Berryville Lady Bobcats by a score of 53-40.
Sports, Pages 9 on 02/01/2012