HARRISON — With 3:01 left in the game, the Kingston Lady Yellow Jackets were ahead by 10 points on Wednesday in the Class 1A State Basketball Tournament being held at North Arkansas College.
When the game was over, the Lady Yellow Jackets were on the short end of a 53-48 game. The loss was to Marked Tree and ended the season for the team.
Omaha is hosting the tournament.
Kingston struggled from the field in the first half.
The Lady Yellow Jackets went almost three minutes before Paige Randall scored the first basket of the game for Kingston.
Rilee Pittman drained a trey for Kingston and then Emma Kivell scored to give the top seed from Region 1 a 7-2 lead.
The Lady Indians scored the next eight points to end the period.
Pittman started the scoring in the second for Kingston. She hit a layup and after a Lady Indian bucket inside, Kingston scored the next eight points.
Randall started the run and then Lila Hartness hit a free throw. Hartness then had another trip to the line and she knocked down two free throws.
She finished the streak with a three-point play to give the Lady Yellow Jackets a 17-12 lead.