Kam Woods scored 49 points and hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds to play as Pinson Valley, Ala., rallied past North Little Rock, Ark., 84-82 Friday night in Princeton.
The final game of the opening day at the West Kentucky Hoops Classic featured the No. 1-ranked team in Arkansas and the defending Class 6A state champion from Alabama.
North Little Rock (7-3) took a 44-33 lead to halftime and held the upper hand much of the contest.
But Pinson Valley (13-3) kept firing away from long range and slowly got back in the game.
The Indians took an 81-80 lead late, but North Little Rock’s Spencer Simes scored on a drive to the basket at the other end to give the Charging Wildcats an 82-81 advantage with 13 seconds left.
But Pinson Valley got the ball to Woods in the closing seconds. Woods knocked down a highly-contested 3 from the top of the key to provide the winning margin for the Indians.
Woods, who entered the game averaging 35.7 points a game, had 11 3-pointers as part of his 49-point performance.
Simes led North Little Rock with 28 points.
Woods and Simes were named the MVPs from Pinson Valley and North Little Rock, respectively.
North Little Rock 19 25 20 18 — 82
Pinson Valley 18 15 22 29 — 84
North Little Rock (7-3) — Simes 28, Ware 22, Warren 13, Smith 11, Jordan 4, Sheppard 4.
Pinson Valley (13-3) — Woods 49, McKinstry 17, Scott 6, James 5, Densmore 3, Griffie 2, King 2.
