BENTON — A defensive battle through three quarters erupted in the fourth as both the Bryant White Hornets and the Benton Panthers more than doubled their scores in the final period of their eighth-grade game at Cook Fieldhouse.
The Hornets led 10-7 going into the final period and held on as the Panthers’ Elias Payne scored 8 points and the team hit 7 of 10 free throws. But the Hornets hit 3 of 4 from the charity stripe while Elam Shelby drained a pair of clutch 3’s and Daniel Anderson scored 4 points for a 23-22 victory.
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