UNIONVILLE — The Community Vikings came up big with 25 points off their bench Tuesday on Senior Night as the Vikings mounted a 20-point lead and finished with a 65-55 victory over the Watertown Purple Tigers in a non-district basketball contest.
Corey Paterick drilled two treys and Cole Crockett had four points in the opening quarter as Community (10-14, 2-2) never trailed. 
The Vikings finished with four three-pointers and took an 18-13 lead after one quarter.
Landon Lovvorn had two treys to lead seven Vikings in the scoring column in the second quarter.  Community led by three before a 15-0 run gave the Vikings a 37-19 advantage. 
The Vikings took a 37-22 lead into the intermission.
"The bench came in and did a really good job early on," Coach Robbie Davis of the Vikings said. "We were playing a little bit faster than normal and we did a pretty job of defending them and taking their misses and attacking on the other end."
"We did a really job of making the shots once we moved the ball," Davis added.
Stratton Lovvorn scored six points and Maki Fleming added five as the Vikings maintained a double-digit lead in the third quarter. 
Community took its biggest lead at 54-34 to the final quarter.
The Purple Tigers scored the first 10 points of the quarter to trim the Viking lead to 54-44 before the Vikings righted the ship.  Led by five points from Stratton Lovvorn and four from Crockett, the Vikings scored the next seven points to stop the Watertown momentum. 
Stratton Lovvorn finished with 14 points while Crockett added 10 to lead a balanced scoring attack as nine Vikings tallied points.
J.J. Goodall connected on six treys and led the Purple Tigers with 25 points while Trent Spradlin added 19.
The Vikings were 6-of-7 at the foul line while Watertown was 3-of-4.
"In the second half we got up 20 and for some reason we turned the switch off," Davis said. "We didn't change anything."
"We wouldn't take what they were giving us on offense," Davis added. "The next thing you know, it's a 10-point game."
"Credit to them. They kept digging and scraping."
Community hosts Forrest at 7:30 p.m. in a District 7-AA game Friday night.          
                              
Watertown   13    9  12  21 — 55
Community  18  19  17  11 — 65
 
Watertown: J. J. Goodall 25, Trent Spradlin 19, Brady Raines 9, Ian Fryer 2, K. J. Wood, Chase McConnell, Bret Price, Kier Priest, Marcus Reynolds, Will Hackett, Jackson Thomas.
Community: Stratton Lovvorn 14, Maki Fleming 9, Landon Lovvorn 8, Trace Broiles 5, Jason Cullum 4, Cole Crockett 10, Corey Paterick 9, Ramon Hernandez 4, Emery Smith 2, Jacob Flannagan.
3-Point goals: Watertown (10): Goodall 6, Raines 3, Spradlin; Community (7): Paterick 3, L. Lovvorn 2, S. Lovvorn, Broiles.
Halftime score: Community 37, Watertown 22.