Tuesday was a good night at home for the Mountain Home High School basketball teams as they swept Searcy. Matt Sharp has the details.
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The boys’ game went down to the wire and ended with the Bombers edging out the Lions 60-57. The two teams swapped leads early on, but Searcy later jumped out to a 12-point advantage. Mountain Home made a comeback and eventually built an eight-point lead in the final quarter, but the Lions later cut the margin back to one. Wyatt Gilbert went to the free throw line with 4.3 seconds left and hit both ends of a 1-and-1 to make it a three-point game. Freddy Hicks tried one last shot to force overtime but missed the mark.
Gilbert and Luke Kruse led the Bombers with 14 points each, Mat Jones scored 11, and Hunter Beshears added ten. For Searcy, Hicks had 22 points, Peyton Caldwell finished with 15, and Griffin Love chipped in 12.
Mountain Home improves to 7-11 on the season and 2-4 in the 5A-East. The Lions fall to 8-11 and 1-5.
The girls’ contest was more lopsided as the Lady Bombers routed Searcy 66-35. Mountain Home could not have asked for a better start as they held the Lady Lions scoreless in the opening period and started the game on a 19-0 run. The Lady Bombers continued to pull away as they eventually invoked the mercy rule in the final quarter.
Mountain Home was led by Kate Gilbert with 15 points, and Anna Grace Foreman ended up with 13. Alexis Broadway had 22 points for Searcy.
The Lady Bombers are now 11-8 overall and 3-3 in the league. The Lady Lions drop to 5-14 and 0-6.
Mountain Home will make the first of three consecutive road trips on Friday when they head to West Memphis.
In other boy’s games in the 5A-East, Jonesboro beat Nettleton 76-61, West Memphis held off Greene County Tech 74-72 and Marion was a 66-38 winner over Paragould.
In girl’s action, Marion surprised Paragould 49-45, Nettleton blasted Jonesboro 72-52 and West Memphis got past Greene County Tech 49-43.
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