Henderson International girls cruise past Beatty

Henderson International's girls basketball team entered the Class 1A Southern League tournament seeking the first postseason win in program history.

If the Wolverines can play every first quarter as they did Tuesday, they might make winning in the playoffs a habit.

Fourth-seeded Henderson International scored the first 17 points on the way to a 48-29 quarterfinal win at home over fifth-seeded Beatty.

"The girls and I talked a lot about how we wanted to throw the first punch," Wolverines coach Amanda Hall said. "We kind of wanted to jump out there and let them know early that we're here to fight."

Henderson International (16-8) entered the second quarter up 13-0 and held Beatty (17-9) scoreless until more than two minutes into the second period.

The Wolverines advanced to play No. 1 seed Pahranagat Valley at 6:20 p.m. Friday at Durango in a semifinal with a ticket to the state tournament on the line. Lund will play Lake Mead in the other semifinal, at 3 Friday.

Brittany Huff led the Wolverines with 15 points, five rebounds and four steals.

"We started feeling the momentum," Huff said of the 17-0 start. "We're pretty confident in our defense."

Henderson International's Ashlyn Barela had nine points and four assists, and Lee Harrison grabbed eight rebounds.

■ Lund 49, Round Mountain 41 - At Lund, Melynda Boren had 24 points and nine rebounds to lead the Mustangs (9-12) past the Knights (6-16).

■ Pahranagat Valley 44, Trinity 24 - At Alamo, Halie Lewis keyed the Panthers (18-9) with 13 points and nine rebounds.

Danielle Noll had eight points for the Thunder (8-15), who trailed 23-9 at halftime.

■ Lake Mead 52, Tonopah 35 - At Lake Mead, Jordan Clarke had 19 points to help the Eagles (22-4) eliminate the Muckers.

Tonopah (5-13) trailed 23-9 after one quarter and 32-12 at halftime.

BOYS

■ Pahranagat Valley 46, Spring Mountain 40 - At Alamo, Cody Hosier scored 12 points to help the Panthers (18-10) prevail.

Leon Saunders led Spring Mountain (9-14) with 14 points.

■ Lake Mead 64, Indian Springs 24 - At Lake Mead, Landon Littlefield scored 15 points and L.J. Yamazon 13 for the Eagles (23-4), who led 26-4 after one quarter.

De'Quan Thompson had 10 points, five assists and four steals for Lake Mead, which held the Thunderbirds to eight second-half points.

Adam Reinke led Indian Springs (6-18) with 11 points.