The Twin Rivers Lady Royals showed some improvement over their earlier performances of the season but still came out on the short end of a 59-53 score against Portageville at TRCC on Saturday afternoon.

"We cut down on our turnovers, but it just wasn't enough," Lady Royals coach Jeff Walk said.

Turnovers hurt the Lady Royals (2-5) down the stretch as they tried to stay with the Lady Bulldogs and gut out a victory. Still, they played well enough on the defensive end of the floor to earn more chances on offense.

A layup by junior Torey Davis knotted the score at 46-46 with 3:30 remaining, and her free throws evened things at 48-48 less than a minute later, but the Lady Bulldogs made their free throws in crunch time.

The final minute featured three lead changes before Portageville's Talisa Walker calmly sank a pair of free throws with 29 seconds left to put her team up 57-53 and seal the win.

Kaylee Blue scored five consecutive points in the first quarter to push the Twin Rivers lead to 14-7, but Portageville closed the period with a 5-0 run to cut the lead to two.

Each team turned the ball over 10 times in the first half, but the Lady Bulldogs kept an edge over the Lady Royals by converting at the free throw line.

"We had freshman mistakes by veteran players," Walk said. "We would get the lead, but when we have a one-point lead we just don't play smart."

The Lady Bulldogs took a five-point lead into halftime, 29-24, but the Lady Royals came out determined to climb out of the hole as the second half began.

Carlee Vancil converted a 3-point play just over a minute into the third quarter to bring her team to within a basket at 31-29, and the Lady Royals took advantage of missed opportunities to pull even at 33-33.

Naylor 75, Corning, Ark. 70, 2OT: Travis Thomas tied the game at the end of regulation with a 3-pointer and scored 24 points to lead the Eagles to a double-overtime road win Friday.

Corning (5-2) trailed by as many as four in the first overtime but rallied to tie the game at 65-65.

Naylor (5-1) regained the lead early in the second overtime to win for the second time in as many days.

The Eagles are the top seed at the Campbell tournament starting Monday.

Clarkton 88, Senath 55: The Reindeer outscored Senath 57-28 in the first half and rolled to a win Friday night.

Dustin Ferguson was the leading scorer with 23 points in the win for the Reindeer (4-2). Anthony Brown made three long range shots as he racked up 19 points in support while Tolby Richardson added 16 points.

Doniphan 69, Alton 28: Justin Placher scored 20 points to lead the Dons past host Alton on Friday night.

The Dons got out to a 23-12 lead after the first quarter and outscored Alton in every quarter except for the fourth.

Along with Placher, Charles Wilson scored 14 points and Greg Davis added 10 in the win for the Dons (3-3).

Neelyville 60, East Carter 31: Jeremy Patty had 16 points as the Tigers beat East Carter on Friday night in an Ozark Foothills Conference game.

Charlie Richardson had 12 points in the win for Neelyville.

Tracy Greer and Tyler Feller were the high men for East Carter as they each had 8 points.

Puxico 64, Advance 34: The Indians opened with a 12-5 lead after the first quarter and sustained the intensity throughout the game, winningon the road Friday night.

David Crain the leading scorer for Puxico (3-2, 1-0) with 18 points while Allison added 14, John Smith had 13 and Kerry McClure had 10 points.

Bernie 79, Risco 47: Jake Owens had 14 points and Quinton Stevens added 12 as the Mules moved past host Risco on Friday night.

Silas Dill added 11 points and Zach Curry netted 11 in the win.