Spartans Shut Down The Bengals Late Rally To Open 2019

The fist Missoula Class AA prep basketball game of the season went down Saturday afternoon as the Sentinel Spartans beat the Helena Bengals 48-41 to open the 2019 portion of their season.

Sentinel took off from the start going on a 8-0 run in the opening two thirds of the first quarter. Once the Bengal offence found a rhythm they began to chip at the Sentinel lead and by the time the end of the third quarter came around Helena had tied the game. The game stayed tight through opening minutes of the fourth quarter before the Spartans dug in to get the win.