The Georgetown (Ky.

Thursday, November 11, 1999

The Georgetown (Ky.) Tigers lived up to their ranking as they used a strong second half to beat the Ohio Southern Trailblazers 108-54 Wednesday night at the Ironton Sports Center.

Ohio Southern trailed just 42-32 at the break, but the effects of a Tuesday night road game came to light the second half as Georgetown outscored the Trailblazers 66-22.

Mark Williams led the Tigers with 21 points while 6-foot-8 Todd Cox scored 18. Will Carlton, a 6-9 forward, had 13 points and 6-10 center Julian Bankston added 11.

Andrew Stevens was the only OUSC player in double figures as he scored 18 points. Derek Combs chipped in 9 points.

Williams scored 17 points and Carlton got 8 as Georgetown took its 10-point halftime lead. Stevens had 13 points and Kevin Wells got all 7 of his points to keep the Trailblazers close.

But Cox scored 16 points and Bankston 9 to lead the second half onslaught.

Ohio Southern, 3-2, hosts Miami University-Hamilton at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Ironton Sports Center.

Georgetown (108)

Michael Richardson 0 1 0-0 3, Lee Love 3 1 0-0 9, Darren Dawson 1 0 0-0 2, Ricky Ward 4 0 1-2 9, Mark Williams 4 3 4-4 21, Ashley Olinger 2 0 1-2 5, Gerald King 0 1 1-2 4, Steven Asher 2 0 0-0 4, Todd Cox 8 0 2-2 18, Bill Ray Fawns 4 0 1-1 9, Julian Bankston 5 0 1-1 11, Will Carlton 4 1 2-4 13. Totals: 37 7 13-18 108. Fouls: 13-6=19. Fouled out: None.

Ohio Southern (54)

David Johnson 0 0 3-4 3, Marshall Tyson 0 0 0-0 , Andrew Stevens 2 4 2-2 18, Chris Lovely 1 0 0-0 2, Derek Combs 4 0 1-2 9, Matt Wilson 1 1 0-0 5, John Roberts 0 0 0-0 0, Danny Johnson 0 0 4-5 4, Maurice Creel 1 0 0-0 2, Kevin Wells 1 1 2-3 7, Momir Gajic 2 0 0-5 4. Totals: 12 6 12-21 54. Fouls: 6-8=14. Fouled out: None.

Georgetown 42 66 – 108

Ohio Southern 32 22 – 54