Ant Lasker has been the head boys basketball coach at Hot Springs since 2018, and he has no idea what it feels like to see his team participate in a meaningful contest during the month of November.
Senior Addison Shelton and freshmen Jordan Harris and Jacob Lanier sparked a 14-0 turnaround after the second-half deficit, leading the Hornets to a 60-51 win over the regional favorite Yellowjackets in the first boys game of the 5A playoffs at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. The win was a measure of redemption for a Maumelle team that did not make it past the first round last year, when the tournament was held in Sheridan.