Dragons knock off South Point in OVC opener

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, January 7, 2004

PROCTORVILLE - Going inside got the Fairland Dragons going.

Behind the inside scoring and rebounding of center Jeremy Pritt, Fairland knocked of the South Point Pointers 64-47 Tuesday in the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams.

Pritt had 19 points and 10 rebounds as Fairland improved to 4-4. Kendall Staggs had 13 points and three assists, Matt Clark got 10 points and three assists, and Daniel Spears added 10 points including 5 of 6 from the line.

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"The big thing is we pounded the ball inside to Pritt and made them stop him. When they doubled down, we kicked it back out and hit some shots," Fairland coach John McClung said.

"This was our best game we've played as a team. Everyone was playing together. Kendall did a good job controlling the tempo and getting us in our offense. Daniel Spears had the best game of his career."

Seth Craft had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Pointers.

Pritt scored six points in the first quarter as Fairland jumped in front 15-8.

The lead went to 25-15 at the half as Pritt scored six more points in the second quarter.

With the South Point defense focused on Pritt, Staggs got eight points in the third quarter as the lead grew to 44-27.

Clark and Pritt combined for 11 points in the fourth quarter as each team scored 20 points each.

"It was a really good team effort," McClung said.

Fairland is 4-3 overall.

"It was good to win that first conference game. It was a big confidence builder," McClung said.

South Point, 3-6, made just 25 percent of its field goal attempts, but Pointers coach Mark Lafon was more concerned with the defense.

"We just didn't play any defense," Lafon said. "We have to play as a team to be successful and we're not doing that."

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SOUTH POINT (3-6, 0-1):

Jay Graham 0 1 0-0 3, Seth Craft 2 2 4-4 14, Quentin Smith 1 1 0-1 5, Justin Workman 2 1 1-2 8, Tyler Staton 2 0 1-2 5, Aaron Quinn 2 0 1-2 5, Zane Joy 2 1 0-0 7. Totals: 11-43

(6-14)

7-11

47. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Smith. Rebounds: 26 (Craft 10). Assists: 4. Turnovers: 6.

FAIRLAND (4-4, 1-0):

Kyle Wise 1 1 1-1 6, Kendall Staggs 2 2 3-8 13, Nolan Love 3 0 0-0 6, Matt Clark 5 0 0-0 10, Jeremy Pritt 7 0 5-7 19, Daniel Spears 1 1 5-6 10. Totals: 19-44 (4-6)

14-22

64. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 27 (Pritt 10, Burd 5). Assists: 10 (Clark 3, Staggs 3). Steals: 3. Turnovers: 12.