Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

BIDWELL — Imagine what Elijah Adams can do when he’s 100 percent healthy.
Playing his first game since an appendectomy, Adams scored 20 points to go with 5 assists as the South Point Pointers beat the River Valley Raiders 68-54 on Tuesday.
Jared Whitt hit four 3-point goals and scored 16 points while grabbing 5 rebounds and Tayshaun Fox added 13 points and 5 assists for the Pointers (5-1). Logan Wade pulled down 10 rebounds.
“We started slow and then we picked it up. It was Elijah’s first game back and he got a little tired and we held him some in the second half,” said Pointers’ coach Travis Wise.
Jacob Dovenbarger scored a game-high 27 points to lead the Raiders (1-8) who lost their eight straight.
“Dovenbarger shot the ball really well,” said Wise.
Adams scored 10 points and Whitt hit a pair of 3-pointers as South Point took an 18-16 lead.
Dovenbarger scored 10 points for the Raiders.
South Point went up 29-24 at the half and then outscored the Raiders 21-11 in the third quarter to open up a 50-35 cushion.
Dovenbarger scored 6 points in the fourth quarter but Cade Brandt came up with three steals for the Pointers to help seal the win.
South Point visits Portsmouth next Tuesday.
South Point    18    11    21    18    =    68
River Valley    16    8    11    19    =    54
SOUTH POINT (5-1): Douglas Shaffer 0 0 0-0 0, Tanner Hall 1 0 0-0 2, Jared Whitt 2 4 0-0 16, Tayshaun Fox 4 1 2-3 13, Elijah Adams 5 3 1-5 20, Cody Runyon 0 0 0-0 0, Cade Brandt 3 0 3-4 9, Dustin McCarty 0 0 0-0 0, Caleb Eplion 0 0 0-0 0, Logan Wade 4 0 0-0 8. Totals: 23-47 6-12 68. 3-point goals: 8-18. Rebounds: 20 (Wade 10, Whitt 5, Hall 5). Assists: 12 (Adams 5, Fox 5). Steals: 14 (Brandt 5). Turnovers: 15. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: None.
RIVER VALLEY (1-8): Jaret McCarley 0 1 2-2 5, Jordan Burns 1 0 0-0 2, Layne Fitch 0 0 0-0 0, Tre Craycraft 1 0 0-0 2, Dustin Barber 4 0 2-6 10, Patrick Brown 1 0 2-2 4, Ian Polcyn 1 0 0-0 2, Jacob  Dovenbarger 10 2 1-3 27, Jacob Campbell 1 00-0 2. Totals: 19 3 7-13 54. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.