GREEN RIVER — Aaron Smith and Nick Jarman are the go-to guys for scoring on the Rich High School basketball team.

But the Rebels have proven they have other players capable of putting points on the board.

Rich placed three players in double figures on Saturday at the Flaming Gorge Classic to claim a 63-40 win against Mountain View.

“I feel like we worked really well as a team,” said Jarman, who finished the tournament with 47 points. “When someone was hot, we got them the ball. That’s what’s important, I think, if someone is shooting the ball well, we’ve got to get them the ball.”

Smith poured in a game-high 21 points, while Kamren Calder and Jarman both added 10. Porter Weston finished with nine points.

“We had spurts where we were very good,” Rich coach Ashley Brown said. “We were able to get the ball inside. They passed the ball well and got open shots for their teammates. When they do that, we’re pretty hard to stop.”

Rich improved to 5-3 on the year after going 2-1 in the tournament. The Rebels claimed a 52-31 win over Lyman on Thursday and suffered a 63-59 loss to Rock Springs on Friday before knocking off Mountain View.

“I think we did pretty well,” said Smith, who scored 48 points in the three-day tournament. “We had a lot of turnovers against the first two teams, so we’ll have to work on that.”

Rich had a 16-13 lead after the first quarter and outscored Mountain View 22-13 in the second to go into the break with a 38-26 lead.  The Rebels extended their lead to 47-31 following a 3-pointer by Smith at the buzzer to end the third quarter.

“They’re a good team,” Mountain View coach Dustin Rees said. “I think we have some struggles that we’re going to fight through right now. We had a tough one (Saturday) against Rich County, which is really good. They went off at the 3-point line, but we’re really looking at it over the last two weeks instead of just this last game.”

Mountain View is in a reloading year after returning one player with varsity experience in Jason Stoddard.

But Rees believes the Buffalos (2-4) will continue to improve with each game.

“We don’t look at it as just this game,” Rees said. “We look at these past few weeks and our preseason. I think every game has been very good. We’ve had an extremely tough schedule. I think all these kids during these last six games have gotten a ton of experience against multiple situations. That’s only going to make us better. But the one thing we can’t do is accept the fact that we are inexperienced and accept the fact that we’re getting beat a little bit.”

Mountain View opened tournament play Thursday with a 52-47 loss to Bear Lake (Idaho) and suffered a 64-53 loss to Grace (Idaho) on Friday. 

Sophomore guard Braeden Walk led the Buffalos in scoring over the weekend with 44 points. Stoddard was second with 34. 

Mountain View returns to action Jan. 5 with a home game against Rawlins. Rich will host Bear Lake (Idaho) on Jan. 4.

“We’ve got to continue to compete, and to compete in practice so we can get better throughout the year,” Rees said. “And it will come. We’ve got a great group of kids and they know this is a process.”

Added Jarman: “We still have some things to work on, but it’s a good start to the season.”