Red Devils blow past Magnet Cove

MAGNET COVE -- Tae Blevins led all scorers with 18 points Friday night as the Mountain Pine Red Devils cruised to a 73-51 victory over the Magnet Cove Panthers.

Tyson Stewart, Lashawn Reed, Matt Snow, Tyler Zander and Taylor Muse all added 10 for Mountain Pine.

The Red Devils jumped to an 18-6 lead in the opening period, and both teams added 21 in the second for a 39-27 Mountain Pine lead at the half. Mountain Pine put up 16 in the third while allowing nine for the Panthers, and they gave up 15 while adding 18 to secure the win.

Mountain Pine (11-6, 5-3 in 1A/2A-12) will travel to Murfreesboro to face the Rattlers tonight. Magnet Cove (8-7, 5-4 in 1A/2A-12) travel to Caddo Hills tonight.

UALR falls to Troy 78-69

Marcus Johnson Jr.'s 16 points were not enough to propel the UALR Trojans to a win over Troy Monday night at the Jack Stevens Center. The visiting Trojans won 78-69.

Deondre Burns added 12 and Kemy Osee 11 for UALR, while Jordon Varnado led Troy with 25 and Jeremy Hollimon added 22.

UALR was able to take the lead early, stretching their buffer to 7 with just under 4 minutes off the clock in the first half, but Troy came back late in the half, leading by 9 with 2:11 left before UALR cut the lead for a 45-39 Troy lead at the break. UALR never was able to regain the lead, cutting it to a 3 point deficit early in the second half, but Troy led by 11 four times before securing the win.

Troy (11-10, 3-4 in Sun Belt) will host Georgia State on Saturday. UALR (13-7, 4-3 Sun Belt) will travel to Louisiana-Lafayette for a 7:15 p.m. tip-off.

Sports on 01/24/2017

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