Fayetteville 68, Rogers Heritage 31

Standout Sasha Goforth didn't score her first points until a minute was gone in the third quarter, but Fayetteville didn't miss a beat. The Lady Purple Bulldogs (18-4, 11-2) used a balanced scoring attack to cruise past Rogers Heritage (5-20, 1-12) on Tuesday at War Eagle Arena. Fayetteville will be the No. 2 seed from the 6A-West in next week's state tournament. Fayetteville turned up the defensive pressure and pulled away to a 38-13 halftime lead. Claudia Bridges was the only player in double figures in the game with 11. Coriah Beck and Ariana Saitta added nine points each. Goforth finished with just five. Fayetteville coach Vic Rimmer was pleased with his team's intensity. "I thought we played pretty hard tonight," Rimmer said. "Honestly, the last couple weeks we haven't played hard all the time. I thought our energy level was good, our bench was good. "We shot the ball OK. Defensively, we've still got some things we've got to get better at. Overall, just grit, toughness and work ethic was good tonight." Three different Lady War Eagles finished with six points each. Fayetteville^16^22^22^8^--^68 Heritage^5^8^13^5^--^31 Fayetteville (18-4, 11-2): Bridges 11, Saitta 9, Beck 9, Byers 8, Releford 8, Templeton 6, Goforth 5, Ritters 4, Bobbitt 3, Flannigan 2, Kincaid 2, Roberts 1. Rogers Heritage (5-20, 1-12): Cornog 6, Pabon 6, Mahmens 6, Perez 4, Knight 4, Frazier 3, Dickerson 2.

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FAYETTEVILLE 68, ROGERS HERITAGE 31

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Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | 2/20/2019

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