ROGERS BLASTS HAR-BER WITH 3-POINT ACCURACY

Rogers High turned Senior Night at Springdale Har-Ber into a 3-point shooting display. Rogers blitzed Har-Ber with six 3-pointers in the first quarter and defeated the Wildcats 76-59 Tuesday at Wildcat Arena. The Mounties' 10 3-pointers were quite an improvement from last week when they continually misfired during a 67-46 loss to Bentonville. Five players hit 3-pointers in the first quarter for Rogers on Tuesday and most of them came in front of an active student section that made the trip to support the Mounties. "That's very unusual for us, especially when we were 7 for 25 (on 3-pointers) the game before," Rogers coach Lamont Frazier said. "Our guys took good shots, the way we practice." Rogers' accuracy from long-range extended the Har-Ber defense to the perimeter and enabled the Mounties to go inside for baskets in the second quarter. Rogers then combined inside and outside scoring to increase its lead to 44-26 early in the third quarter. Will Voigt hit a floater and a 3-pointer to prompt a Har-Ber timeout that only briefly slowed the Mounties. Elliot Pascal scored 20 points to lead Rogers, which began the night in third place in the 6A-West Conference. Lawson Jenkins finished with 22 points despite picking up his third foul late in the first half. Cole Bishop added 13 for the Wildcats, who began the night in fourth place in the 6A-West. Har-Ber (10-13, 6-7) ends the regular season at Fayetteville while Rogers (19-6, 9-4) hosts Rogers Heritage on Friday. Tuesday's game was a rematch from Jan. 22, when Rogers held Har-Ber to one field goal in the fourth quarter of a 57-44 victory over the Wildcats. Har-Ber's scoring slowed in the third quarter on Tuesday when the Wildcats were outscored 16-10. Rogers^20^16^18^22^--^76 Har-Ber^12^14^10^23^--^59 Rogers (19-6, 9-4):Pascal 20, Miller 12, Voigt 11, Rhame 8, Liddell 9, Hobbs 7, Ucker 5, Park 2, Garner 2. Har-Ber (10-13, 6-7): Jenkins 22, Bishop 13, Buchanan 12, Bowen 7, Howard 2, Woodard 2, Bockelman 1.

ROGERS BLASTS HAR-BER WITH 3-POINT ACCURACY

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Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | 2/20/2019

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