Dominant 2nd quarter ignites Pointers win over Bobcats

FRANKLIN FURNACE — The South Point Pointers were dealing and stealing.

With Davon Lewis dealing out the points and the defense coming up a plethora of steals, the Pointers cruised past the Green Bobcats 77-50 on Wednesday.

Lewis kept dealing 3s and he drilled six 3-pointers en route to scoring a game-high 27 points.

South Point's defense set the pace in the first quarter by generating 9 turnovers that led to easy layups and a 24-12 lead.

The Pointers ended the quarter with back-to-back steals in the backcourt.

First was Ethan Hunt with a steal for a layup. Hunt then poked the ball free and Scheyer Graham picked the ball up and tossed it ahead to Hunt for another layup as time expired.

While the defense remained strong in the second quarter, the big story was Lewis who delivered the knockout blow with five 3-pointers as he scored 19 points.

Lewis’ offensive output helped the Pointers erupt for 31 points as they grabbed a 55-23 halftime cushion.

The Pointers' biggest of the quarter at the 3:15 mark when Caesyn Pope dumped a pass to a trailing Lewis and the junior guard hit his 5th and final shot from downtown to make the score 45-18.

Lewis had another 3-pointer in the third quarter as he scored 6 points and South Point extended its lead to 71-37.

Pope also scored in double figures as he got 14 for the Pointers (9-13).

Jon Knapp scored 12 points and Jacob Sampson added 11 to pace Green (11-10).

South Point 24 31 16 6 = 77

Green 12 11 14 13 = 50

SOUTH POINT (9-13): James Carey 3 0 0-0 6, Davon Lewis 4 6 1-2 27, Ethan Hunt 3 1 0-0 9, Hunter Chinn 3 0 0-1 6, Scheyer Graham 2 1 0-0 7, Landon Vance 1 0 2-2 4, Luke Fitzpatrick 1 0 0-0 2, Caesyn Pope 5 0 4-7 14, Keondre Garred 0 0 0-0 0, Marcus Hanshaw 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 8 7-12 77. Rebounds: 29 (Carey 9, Hunt 5). Assists: 12 (Pope 4, Lewis 2, Vance 2). Steals: 11 (Lewis 3, Hunt 2). Turnovers: 14. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: None.

GREEN (11-10): Gabe Blevins 0 0 3-4 3, Jon Knapp 2 2 2-2 12, Luke Kimbler 0 0 1-2 1, Blak Chaney 0 0 0-0 0, Riddick Jenkins 2 1 0-0 8, Brennan Renison 2 0 0-0 4, Elijah Evans 1 0 0-0 2, Noah McMackin 0 0 1-2 1, Carson Johnson 0 0 0-0 0, Kase McIntyre 2 0 1-2 5, Jacob Sampson 4 1 0-0 11, Uriah Satterfield 0 1 1-2 4. Totals: 13 5 8-12 50. Rebounds: 20 (Knapp 8, McMackin 3). Assists: 8 (McMackin 2). Steals: 8 (Knapp 3, Satterfield 2). Blocks: 3 (Sampson 2, Knapp). Fouls 9. Fouled out: None.