PRAIRIE GROVE -- Haas Hall has fielded stronger girls basketball teams, and this year's edition was no match for Prairie Grove in a 51-13 blowout Dec. 6.
A side plot to the game involved the Lady Tigers dressing only 8 players for the game and finishing with 7 when freshman guard Aniyah Gibbs limped off with a turned ankle. Madi Vinson was out with a concussion and Emily Grant was still recovering from an Achilles heel injury. Even with several athletes unavailable, Prairie Grove racked up points.
Gibbs rebounded her own miss and kicked the ball out to Jordan Sugg, who nailed a 3-pointer as Prairie Grove opened up a 25-0 lead 2:19 into the second quarter. Haas Hall's first bucket of the contest came 36 seconds later as Aaliyah Dewey drove for a lay-in. The Lady Mastiffs got their only consecutive scores when Holly Loethan followed that with a putback. Prairie Grove led 29-4 at the half.
Haas Hall pulled within 25 points again on Arianna Morrison's 12-foot jumper with 43 seconds elapsed in the third, but Prairie Grove steadily widened the gap beyond that. Sarah James Stone saved an offensive rebound back in-bounds, then circled around and hit a 3-pointer in the left corner. Gibbs got into the paint and hit a short jumper. With 1:08 to go in the third she stole the ball and went for a layup, but was hit hard and sent to the floor. No foul was called and Gibbs limped off.
In the fourth, Audrey Doering's nifty cross-court pass ended with Madewell's 3-pointer. Jordan Cousar hit Haas Hall's only three at the 7:24 mark, but she looked exhausted walking the ball up as the two minute mark neared. Sarah Defoor was whistled for an offensive foul, elbowing away a defender and looked tired on the play. In contrast, Prairie Grove players still had legs as Sugg demonstrated by knocking down a trey to conclude the scoring.
"We got some sets and we had people knocking down shots," said Prairie Grove coach Kevin Froud. "That's what you got to do. We're still learning how to play together with S.J. coming back, Jasmine and Aniyah are new. If you're open I want you to shoot it. One area we need to work on is we had too many turnovers."
Prairie Grove 51, Haas Hall 13
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Haas Hall (0-7): Kate Terminella 2 0-1 4, Jordan Cousar 1 0-0 3, Arianna Morrison 1 0-0 2, Aaliyah Dewey 1 0-0 2, Holly Loethan 1 0-0 2. Totals 6 0-1 13.
Prairie Grove (4-4): Sarah James Stone 5-10 3-4 14, Larisha Crawford 3-3 0-0 9. Jordan Sugg 3-6 0-0 8, Lexie Madewell 2-5 2-2 7, Jasmine Wynos 3-10 1-3 7, Aniyah Gibbs 2-9 0-0 4, Audrey Doering 1-4 0-0 2, Kaylee Elder 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 19-53 6-9 51.
3-Point Goals -- Prairie Grove 7-18 (Crawford 3-3, Sugg 2-4, Stone 1-1, Madewell 1-3, Gibbs 0-1, Wynos 0-1, Elder 0-5). Haas Hall 1 (Cousar).
Rebounds -- Prairie Grove 29 (Stone 14). Assists -- Prairie Grove 9 (Elder 3). Steals -- Prairie Grove 15 (Sugg 5). Turnovers -- Prairie Grove 9.
Sports on 12/27/2017