CONWAY — Everyone played and nine different players contributed to the scoring as the Bryant Hornets freshman team opened play in the South Division of the Central Arkansas Junior High Conference with a 47-8 drubbing of a short-handed Conway Blue Wampus Kittens team on Monday night.
Bryant built a 16-4 lead by the end of the first quarter and held a 28-6 advantage at the half. The Hornets outscored the Kittens 11-0 in the third quarter.[more]
Leon Neale led the team in scoring with 11 points. Scott Workman added 10 and Aaron Bell 8.
Workman hit the game’s opening basket then Bell hit back-to-back 3’s to get the Hornets off and running.
Luke Rayburn and Strodney Davis added 5 points each. Jalen Hewitt contributed a three-point play. Riley Hall, Zach Cambron and Austin Privett each contributed 2 points.
“They had four guys with 2 points,” noted Hornets coach Steve Wilson. “They had some guys injured and were down to seven players. Before I could start substituting we had already put it on them. And, heck, I can put a second team out there that’s no worse than my first, really.”
The win improved the Hornets to 5-1 on the season. They’ll try to notch their second league victory at home on Thursday against Sheridan.
