NWA Sports

HALEYVILLE – Trail-ing by four points after one quarter, Haleyville came on to dominate their area contest with Dora (15-11, 4-2) in Monday’s varsity girls contest. The Lady Lions (14-8, 6-0) won the game 53-39 to earn a perfect 4-0 record in area play and will host the area tournament.

Tori Pendley and Shaela Clark scored 14 points apiece to lead Haleyville with Alli O’Rear putting in eight points.

Deoshia Jackson, Shelica Meadows and Alexandria Weldon scored six points apiece to lead the Lady Bulldogs.

The Lady Lions trailed 6-4 with just over three minutes left in the first quarter, but Tori Pendley tossed in a 3-pointer to tie the game 11-all with 45 seconds left. Meadows put in another basket just before the buzzer sounded to put the visitors up 15-11 after one quarter.

Haleyville quickly pulled ahead when play resumed. O’Rear drove in for a lay-up, followed by a 3-point play after she was fouled while shooting, which made the score 16-15.

Taylor Baker tied the game with a free throw, and Meadows added two more from the charity stripe to give Dora an 18-16 lead with 6:02 left in the half.

Tori Pendley came back with a basket for the Lady Lions to tie the game and less than a minute later, Clark put up a 3-pointer to make the score 21-18, and Haleyville led the rest of the way.

Tori Pendley added three more points after being fouled while shooting. Her free throw upped the score to 22-18.

The Lady Lions continued to distance themselves by the middle of the quarter. Tia White put up a 3-pointer, followed by two more baskets from Clark and one from Callie Pendley, which gave Haleyville a 31-24 advantage at halftime.

Clark started the third quarter with a couple of 3-pointers, along with a free throw by O’Rear to give the Lady Lions a 38-28 lead.

Dora came back strong with two field goals and a free throw from Meadows and Antionette Grant to pull the visitors back within five points with 2:55 left in the third.

White and Callie Pendley scored a field goal apiece to make the score 42-34 at the end of three quarters.

Tori Pendley and Rachel Noble started the fourth with a pair of field goals, followed by a free throw by White.

The Lady Lions held Dora to a couple of field goals in the fourth.

Haleyville finished the game with free throws by Clark, O’Rear and White, and a field goal by Hannah Turner.

White totaled seven points for the Lady Lions; Callie Pendley added six; and Noble, Turner and Baker scored two points each.