Marion scratched and clawed its way back into the game last Friday night, but for the second straight contest, a game-tying three-pointer just missed. Searcy forced 26 Marion turnovers and led by as many as 16 points before holding on for a 56-53 victory on Friday at Fidelity Bank Arena. Searcy (10-7 overall, 1-2 5A East) snapped a four-game losing streak to Marion as junior forward Sara McCain hit for a game-high 19 points, while London Flowers added 17, and Chip Johnson chipped in 11. Senior Kiera Neal paced Marion (3-13, 0-3) with 16 points, while junior point guard Ny'Asia Jackson added 12, and Alyse Holliman scored 10. Searcy forced seven Marion turnovers in the opening quarter, turning three directly into layups as the Lady Lions led 11-10 after eight minutes. The visitors opened the second stanza on a 14-2 run to claim a 25-12 lead on a Flowers layup with 1:30 left in the half, and Searcy settled for a 27-16 advantage at the break. Searcy was hot out of the third-quarter gates, scoring the first six points, and eight of the first 10, to push ahead 33-16 on a McCain layup. Searcy claimed its largest lead of the evening when a Johnson layup beat the third-period buzzer for a 45-29 bulge. Marion's second consecutive three-point conference defeat featured a furious fourth-quarter rally. Marion committed 25 turnovers through the first three quarters, but the Lady Pats gave it up once in the fourth quarter to spark the run. The Lady Pats scored the quarter's first five points and whittled the Searcy advantage down to eight with 2:06 left on Neal's layup. That set the stage for a personal Jackson 8-2 run featuring a pair of three-pointers, and a steal and layup that got Marion within 55-51 with 35.4 left. Cadence Pettis split a pair of free throws with 4.2 seconds remaining, and Jackson's potential game-tying three-pointer was too strong off the back of the rim to deliver Searcy a dramatic victory. 5A EAST RESULTS Searcy 56, Marion 53 Paragould 64, Batesville 39 Greene County Tech 52, Valley View 34 West Memphis 42, Nettleton 35 5A EAST STANDINGS SCHOOL CONF. RECORD Paragould 3-0 W. Memphis 3-0 Nettleton 2-1 Greene Co. Tech 2-1 Valley View 1-2 Searcy 1-2 Batesville 0-3 Marion 0-3