SOUTH POINT – The South Point Pointers are like good cameramen.

Thursday, December 07, 2000

SOUTH POINT – The South Point Pointers are like good cameramen. They stayed right on their subject matter.

The Pointers were focused Tuesday night as they routed the New Boston Tigers in their season opener.

"The kids seemed really focused. There are things we have to work on, but we stayed focused and stayed with it," Pointers coach Mark Lafon said.

Shane Holsinger scored a game-high 29 points and had nine assists as the Pointers breezed.

Jarred Perdue had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Wilson Ehirim scored 11 points, and Donte Pennington added 10 for the Pointers.

Dan Kirkindall had 12 for New Boston.

The Pointers jumped out to an 18-4 first quarter lead and were up 42-15 at the half.

Holsinger and Perdue combined for 32 points – 16 each - over the second and third quarters to lead the onslaught.

The lead ballooned to 66-31 after three quarters.

"This group has fun being around together. They push each other. If their attitude stays in check, we should compete," said Lafon.

New Boston 4 11 16 12 – 43

South Point 18 24 25 19 – 86

NEW BOSTON: James Stapleton 2 0 0-0 4, Mike Taylor 3 0 0-4 6, B. J. Darling 1 1 2-4 7, Dan Kirkindall 3 0 6-8 12, Zak Howard 0 1 1-2 4, Mike Pierce 2 0 1-1 5, Dave Lingston 1 1 0-0 5. Totals: 12 3 10-19 43. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: Taylor. Rebounds: 16. Turnovers; 23.

SOUTH POINT (1-0): Donte Pennington 5 0 0-0 10, Justin Eaches 0 0 3-4 3, Wilson Ehirim 2 2 1-2 11, Shane Holsinger 9 2 5-5 29, Jarred Perdue 7 1 2-2 19, Bryan Maggard 2 0 0-0 4, Jonathan Green 0 2 0-0 6, Willie Anderson 1 0 2-3 4. Totals: 26 7 13-20 86. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Anderson. Rebounds: 34 (Perdue 10). Assists: 24 (Holsinger 9). Turnovers: 8.