Bentonville High 65, Rogers Heritage 29

Josh Smith came off the bench and poured in a game-high 21 points on seven 3-pointers to help the Tigers roll to the big 6A-West Conference road win on Friday. Bentonville (13-3, 3-0 6A-West) got going early thanks to a pair of 3-pointers from Colton Simmons, but the 6-foot-5 junior came up with a slight back injury. Tigers coach Dick Rippee said he made the decision for Simmons to sit out the remainder of the game for precautionary reasons. Smith picked up right where he left off though. The 6-4 senior hit three straight 3-pointers to put the Tigers in control, leading 30-9 with 3 minutes, 55 seconds left in the first half and they never looked back. Rippee said his players were unselfish in finding the open man. "I thought our guys did a good job spacing and making the extra pass," Rippee said. "And obviously had some guys step in and make some shots. Colton Simmons injured his back, tried to go and couldn't go. It's nice when you can bring a guy off the bench that can hit six or seven threes in the game. "Josh Smith was fantastic off the bench for us tonight. We're making some shots from the outside and that opens some other things for other players." Michael Shanks was also in double figures with 14 for the Tigers, who have now won six in a row. Logan Clines led Heritage (5-10, 0-3) with 11 points. Bentonville 16 24 14 11 -- 65

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Arkansas Online | 1/12/2019

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