Madison Phares hit a pair of three-pointers and Kylee Edwards scored seven of her game-high 18 points to lead Shelbyville to its third Hoosier Heritage Conference win of the season Saturday afternoon.

The Golden Bears defeated Yorktown, 43-33, to improve to 8-9 this season and 3-2 in the HHC – good enough for fourth place in the conference standings.

Shelbyville built a 17-10 lead after the first quarter and opened it to 24-14 by halftime.

Phares and Edwards each hit a 3 in the third quarter to offset a pair by Yorktown’s Amari Wright and the Golden Bear lead was 36-24 by the end of the quarter.

Edwards added nine rebounds, four assists and two steals for Shelbyville.

Ava Wilson had 10 points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal. Madison Bassett added four points and seven rebounds. Phares finished with nine points.

Wright topped Yorktown (3-12, 1-4 HHC) with 16 points. Raya Tewari finished with seven.

Shelbyville’s junior varsity improved to 12-2 this season with a 36-20 victory.

The Golden Bears return to action Tuesday when they host Rushville (10-8) at Garrett Gymnasium.

Shelbyville is at Mt. Vernon (10-6, 2-1 HHC) Saturday.