PORTSMOUTH – The Portsmouth Trojans settled this issue as quick as they could.

Wednesday, December 20, 2000

PORTSMOUTH – The Portsmouth Trojans settled this issue as quick as they could.

Portsmouth jumped out to a 27-13 first quarter lead and never looked back en route to an 86-49 win Tuesday over the South Point Pointers.

R.C. Thurman scored 24 points to lead five players in double figures for the Trojans, 3-2. Jeremy Hamrick and Antonio Malone scored 13 each, Greg McKinley 12, and Jason Fleming 11.

Shane Holsinger led the Pointers (1-3) with 21 points and Jarred Perdue added 10.

Malone hit a pair of 3-pointers to spark the Trojans fast starter. Holsinger scored nine of South Point’s total of 13.

"They hit a few threes and we had to come out and then Thurman killed us on the offensive boards," Pointers coach Mark Lafon said. "but we didn’t do a good job of blocking out. We didn’t do a good job handling the ball, and we didn’t play any defense."

Portsmouth led 40-20 at the half and then outscored the Pointers 25-11 the third quarter to go up 65-31.

South Point 13 7 11 18 – 49

Portsmouth 27 13 25 21 – 86

SOUTH POINT (1-3): Donte Pennington 1 0 1-2 3, Adam Workman 2 0 0-0 4, Wilson Ehirim 1 1 0-2 5, Shane Holsinger 6 3 0-0 21, Jarred Perdue 4 0 2-2 10, Jonathan Green 0 1 0-0 3, Willie Anderson 0 0 1-2 1, Bryan Maggard 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 5 4-8 49. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 17 (Maggard 4). Assists: 8 (Holsinger 4). Turnovers: 14.

PORTSMOUTH (3-2): Jason Fleming 4 1 0-0 11, Bradley Parker 3 1 0-0 9, Derek Compston 2 0 0-0 4, Antonio Malone 2 3 0-0 13, Jeremy Hamrick 3 2 1-1 13, Eric Storts 0 0 0-2 0, Greg McKinley 6 0 0-0 12, R. C. Thurman 11 0 2-4 24. Totals: 31 7 3-7 86. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 35. Turnovers: 6.