South Point uses inside game to down Redmen

Published 12:00 am Monday, December 20, 2004

PEDRO — The big men came up big.

Chase McWhorter, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, Jeremiah Taylor, a 6-5 junior, and J.T. Terry, a 6-3 junior, combined for 49 points as the South Point Pointers raced past the Rock Hill Redmen 64-46 Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

McWhorter scored a game-high 25 points and Terry and Taylor had 12 each as the Pointers evened their OVC record at 1-1 with their first win in five games.

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The Pointers used their inside game to shoot 76 percent from the field for the game.

K.C. Christian had 17 points and three assists to pace the Redmen (2-3, 0-2). Nick Snavely added 11 points and seven rebounds.

Taylor scored 7 points in the first quarter as South Point jumped in front 21-7. Mark DePriest had 3 of the Redmen points.

The Pointers continued their scoring in the second quarter as McWhorter had 11 points and it was 42-22 at the break. Christian, Snavely and Derek Robinson had 5 points each for the Redmen.

In the third quarter, McWhorter came back to score 12 points as South Point extended its lead to 63-35.

South Point ran a stall game in the fourth quarter and had just 3 points. Christian scored 7 points in the quarter for Rock Hill.

The Redmen host Ohio Valley Christian at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Ohio Valley Christian does not have a junior varsity team.

South Point hosts Cross Lanes Christian Tuesday.

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SOUTH POINT (1-4, 1-1):

Ryan Hong 1 0 1-1 3, Aaron Barnett 2 1 2-3 9, J.T. Terry 6 0 0-0 12, Heath Bridges 0 0 1-2 1, David Absher 1 0 0-0 2, Jesse Hackett 1 0 0-0 2, Chase McWhorter 7 2 5-5 25, Jeremiah Taylor 5 0 2-3 12. Totals: 23

3

11-14

64. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: None. Turnovers: 12.

ROCK HILL (2-3, 0-2):

K.C. Christian 5 1 4-8 17, Artie Mullins 0 0 2-2 2, Nick Snavely 4 0 3-7 11, Brian Skaggs 0 0 0-0 0, Mike Ison 1 0 0-0 2, Mark DePriest 1 0 2-3 4, Aaron Butler 1 0 0-0 2, Andrew Stumbo 0 0 0-0 0, Derek Robinson 2 1 1-2 8. Totals: 16-49

(2-16)

12-22

46. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Christian. Rebounds: 21 (Snavely 7, DePriest 3). Assists: 6 (Christian 3). Steals: 10 (Mullins 3, Snavely 2). Turnovers: 10.