Pointers return to the court

Van Buren returns to court Van Buren returns home for consecutive games today against newcomer Bentonville West and on Tuesday against Bentonville. The Pointers lost to both teams on the road to open 7A-West play. The oddity is that West is sitting in a three-way for fourth place, two games behind Van Buren while Bentonville and Springdale Har-Ber sit atop the conference standings the halfway point at 6-1. "That should grab our attention," Pointers head coach Austin Trembley said. "Both of those teams, just like every team in the conference, we have to play well to win. We'll definitely have a challenge. We look forward to it." Van Buren has won five straight to sit at 5-2 in the conference after Friday's 60-46 win at Fayetteville. "We're just one game back and we're fortunate to gain another game of separation with that win but you know how conference basketball is," Trembley said. "We're just focusing on what we can control, and taking care of what's in front us. It is a good opportunity to gain some ground." Against Fayetteville, Presley Kindrix scored 26 points, which is a season high for a Pointer this season. "Just like the other guys, he's really growing and getting better every time we take the court," Trembley said. Kinney Climbs Up Van Buren point guard Jamilyn Kinney continues to move up the Lady Pointers' scoring chart. Kinney scored 16 points in the loss at Fayetteville to pass Carrie Porter into fifth place all-time in the 5-on-5 era. Porter, the first guard in the team's 5-on-5 history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark, scored 1,036 points from the 1992-93 through the 1994-95 seasons when she capped her career with 1,463 points. Kinney now has scored 1,051 points and is just a junior. Next on the list is former Lady Razorback Erin Gatling, who scored 1,127 points. Dayna Schultz who played in the early 80s in the first years of 5-of-5 is the team's leading scorer during that era. Kirby Blake and Stacy Prestidge are second and third, respectively. Porter, Blake, Gatling and Kinney all played after Van Buren was elevated into the state's largest classification.

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Times Record | 2/3/2017