WEST PORTSMOUTH - Evan Melvin came off the bench, but Austin Seevers came off the mat.

Melvin had a career-high 17 points off the bench for Coal Grove, but Seevers pumped in 31 points as the Portsmouth West Senators posted a 74-58 win Saturday night.

Swords scored 7 points in the first quarter as West took a 20-15 lead.

The Senators upped the lead to 31-25 at halftime and Swords got 9 more points in the third quarter as West extended its lead to 48-35.

Melvin got hot and scored 9 points and Tyler Sexton added 6 points in the fourth quarter for the Hornets, but Swords countered with 12 points including a pair of 3-pointers as West went on to post its third win.

Besides Melvin's 17 points, Sexton and Randy Wise finished with 10 points each for the Hornets (8-9).

Tom Austin scored 15 points and Brad Grooms 10 for the Senators (3-15).

The Hornets host River Valley Tuesday in a makeup game.

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COAL GROVE (8-9):

Evan Melvin 4 1 6-6 17, Matt Melvin 2 0 2-4 6, Justin Hyland 0 0 2-4 2, Randy Wise 1 0 8-11 10, Tyler Sexton 3 1 1-2 10, Tyler Branch 0 0 0-2 0, Jim Lemon 1 0 5-7 7, Adam Bare 1 0 4-6 6. Totals: 12

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28-42

58. Fouls: 22. Fouled out: Lemon.

PORTSMOUTH WEST (3-15):

Tom Austin 5 1 2-2 15, Josh Van Gundy 1 0 1-2 3, John Monroe 1 0 0-0 2, Shay Lauder 0 0 4-5 4, Brad Grooms 3 0 4-7 10, Austin Seevers 0 0 1-2 1, Josh Summers 2 0 0-2 4, Chris Dunham 0 0 0-1 0, Matt Auger 2 0 0-0 4, Jarrod Swords 2 6 9-11 31. Totals: 16

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21-32

74. Fouls: 27. Fouled out: Seevers.