SOUTH POINT — It wasn’t a showdown for first place, but it was just as important.

The South Point Lady Pointers and Fairland Lady Dragons went into Thursdays game with identical 3-1 Ohio Valley Conference records, one game behind league leader Coal Grove.

In a hotly contested game, South Point pulled away late to beat Fairland 61-54 to take over sole possession of second place in the OVC.

“It was a good win. It was important to win this one,” Pointers coach Dave Adams said. “It was pretty much even until the end and then we just put together a little run and got the lead.”

Jessica Craft scored 2 points to lead South Point (8-4, 4-1). Amy Frasure and Summer Malone had 10 points.

Brianna Davis scored 25 points for Fairland (4-5, 3-2).

The Lady Dragons were up 10-8 late in the first quarter when Missy Wheeler hit a 3-pointer to put South Point ahead 11-10.

Craft scored six points and Summer Malone four in the second quarter as South Point took a 21-16 lead.

But Davis scored nine points including a 3-pointer as Fairland grabbed a 27-25 halftime lead.

Craft got six more points in third quarter to help offset seven points by Davis and South Point regained the lead at 44-43.

Craft scored nine more points in the fourth quarter, but it was a basket by Frasure with 1:15 to play that extended the South Point lead to 56-52.

The Lady Pointers were 7 of 11 at the foul line in the fourth quarter while Fairland was only 3 of 9 at the line.

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FAIRLAND (4-5, 3-2):

Brianna Davis 7 1 8-12 25, Lexy Staton 1 0 0 0-0 2, Megan Auxier 4 0 0-0 8, Shay Berry 0 0 2-4 2, Kristen Capper 3 0 1-1 7, Molly Bumgardner 1 0 2-6 4, Erika Smoot 1 0 0-0 2, Destinee Spears 2 0 0-0 4. Totals: 19

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13-23

54. Fouls: 22. Fouled out: None.

SOUTH POINT (8-4, 4-1): Jessica Craft 10 0 5-10 25, Missy Wheeler 2 1 2-4 9, T’Ann Mayo 0 0 1-2 1, Whitney Woody 1 0 0-0 2, Amy Frasure 4 0 2-4 10, Vanessa Rogers 2 0 0-0 4, Summer Malone 5 0 0-0 10, Ashley Porter 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 24

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10-20

61. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Woody.