The 9th Grade Bulldogs drop one against the Siloam Springs Panthers
Thursday night the Freshmen Bulldogs took on the Panthers in Northwest Arkansas/River Valley Conference action.
The Bulldogs came out slow and saw themselves down 12-4 in the 1st period. Shelton Lewis and Cooper Bland would have the only points in the 1st with two a piece. The ‘Dogs would start to make their comeback in the 2nd period with several players getting to the net. Lewis would add 4 more points with Jakson Overton, Blake Christiansen, Malaki Efurd, and Benton Hossley adding 2 points a piece. Greenwood would go into the half down 25-16.
Coming out of the halftime break the ‘Dogs defense would hold the Panthers to 7 points while offensively adding 13 to bring the score closer at 33-29. Shelton Lewis added 7 points in the rally. Lawyer Thornsberry would get his first points of the night with 3 pointer. Kane Archer gets two buckets for 4 points.
4th period the ‘Dogs had several opportunities to pull past the Panthers but the ball did not bounce their way. The Panthers would get a 10 point run to Greenwood’s 7 to put them up 43-36 with 2:04 left in the game. The Bulldog defense over the next minute and a half held Siloam to just one point getting four of their own pulling within 4 points of the Panthers 44-40 with 26.4 seconds left. Greenwood would foul Silloam with them getting one more point and then the rebound as time would expire.
Shelton Lewis finished with 16 points on the night. Kane Archer had 11 and Malaki Efurd and Lawyer Thornsberry with 3.
