HAMLIN, W.Va. - When it counted most, the South Point Lady Pointers counted themselves among the survivors.

Although the Lady Pointers made just 14 of 29 foul shots, they converted them in the clutch as they beat the Greenup County Lady Musketeers 54-35 Tuesday in the Armstrong Holiday Tournament semifinals.

"We didn't shoot well from the foul line, but we were 6 of 8 in the fourth quarter. We needed to make them in the fourth quarter and we did," Lady Pointers coach Dave Adams said.

South Point (6-1) plays Fairland at 8 p.m. Thursday in the championship game. Fairland beat host Hamlin 51-42.

Greenup led 12-8 at the end of the first quarter despite 4 points each by Alisha Bridges and Jessi Craft

Craft had 4 points and Amy Frasure 3 in the second quarter as South Point took a 19-16 halftime lead.

Craft erupted for 12 points in the third quarter and the defense held Greenup to 5 points to make it 38-21.

Whitney Wood scored 4 points and Bridges sank 6 of 6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter.

Craft had 22 points and Bridges 20 to lead the Lady Pointers.

South Point8111916-54

Greenup County124514-35

SOUTH POINT (6-1):

Alisha Bridges 6 0 8-11 20, Jessi Craft 10 0 2-2 22, Latisha Koukos 0 0 1-5 1, Elisha Joyce 0 0 0-3 0, Whitney Woody 2 0 1-4 5, Summer Malone 1 0 1-2 3, Amy Frasure 1 0 1-2 3. Totals: 20

0

14-29

54. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None.

GREENUP COUNTY (NA):

Sarah Tavis 4 0 0-0 8, Brigette Gibson 2 0 0-0 4, Shannon Dean 3 0 2-2 8, Megan Boggs 1 0 0-0 2, Molly Slater 0 0 0-0 0, Ashley Loan 0 0 0-0 0, Christen Royster 0 0 0-0 0, Megan Isaac 0 0 0-0 0, Sarah Sexton 1 0 0-3 2, Danielle Adkins 5 0 1-2 11. Totals: 16 0

3-7

35. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Gibson.

Fairland 51, Hamlin 42

HAMLIN, W.Va. - It's so much better when the ball goes in the basket.

After struggling with their offense most of the season, Fairland shot 49 percent from the field as they beat Hamlin 51-42 Tuesday in the Armstrong Holiday Tournament.

Fairland made 19 of 39 floor shots en route to the win.

"We finally shot the ball pretty well," Fairland coach Nathan Speed said.

"This is a good experience. To go on the road and win is big. We just needed to find some way to score."

The win puts the Lady Dragons (3-4) in the finals Thursday against South Point which beat Greenup County 54-35.

Brianna Davis had 19 points to lead Fairland. Kara Riley had 12 points and seven rebounds while Megan Auxier had 9 points, 10 rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots.

"It's a good win. We've been playing hard, we finally shot better. Kara and Megan both had good games for us," Speed said.

Auxier had 5 points in the first quarter as Fairland took a 14-11 lead. Davis had 7 points as the lead went to 26-17 at the half.

Both teams scored 13 points in the third quarter to make it 39-30.

Fairland14121312-51

Hamlin1161312-42

FAIRLAND (3-4):

Brianna Davis 8 0 3-6 19, Megan Auxier 2 1 2-3 9, Shay Berry 2 0 3-6 7, Kara Riley 6 0 0-0 12, Kristen Berry 0 0 2-2 2, Jodie Waugh 0 00-0 0, Molly Bumgardner 0 0 0-0 0, Erika Smoot 0 0 0-0 0, Kacie Lydell 0 0 0-0 0, Jennifer Legg 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 19-39

(1-10)

10-19

51. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Riley. 13-21=34 (Auxier 10, Riley 7, S. Berry 7). Steals: 6 (Auxier 2). Blocked shots: 2 (Auxier 2). Charges

taken: 2 (Auxier, Smoot). Assists: 11 (S. Berry 5). Turnovers: 17.

HAMLIN (NA):

Brittney Dean 3 0 2-3 8, Heather Mills 1 0 0-0 2, Holly Hutchinson 5

0 8-10 18, Morgan Brary 4 0 2-2 10, Amy Gabehart 1 0 0-0 2, B. Enoch 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 15

0

12-15

42. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: Mills.