The Lady Purple’Dogs struggled shooting from the perimeter, but again leaned on a stifling defense to pull away for the easy win.

Bentonville (8-8, 1-2) scored the first seven points of the game in the first 3 minutes, 28 seconds, but took more than 16 minutes to equal that number. Fayetteville (16-2, 3-0) finished the opening quarter with a 12-0 run and held the Lady Tigers to single digits in the half, leading 22-9 at halftime.

Freshman Sasha Goforth was Fayetteville’s lone player in double figures with a gamehigh 15 points, while Jasmine Franklin added nine points a game-high 11 rebounds. Sophomore Avery Hughes led the Lady Tigers, who shot just 16 percent from the floor (7 of 43), with seven points.