Royals#8217; 3-pointers spell doom for Vikings

Published 12:00 am Friday, March 3, 2006

WILLOW WOOD - Hot shots. Long shots. Whichever way you go, they shot holes in the defense.

The Rose Hill (Ky.) Royals ignored the Symmes Valley defense as they hit 11 3-point goals en route to a 71-54 win

over the Vikings Tuesday.

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Dakota Euton hit four shots from behind the arc and scored 25 points for the Royals. Michael Fuller also sank four 3-pointers and Kyle Bair made three more treys. Fuller and 16 points and Bair 11.

Chris Jackson added 10 points.

“We were all over (Euton) and he just kept hitting. They’ve got a bunch of good shooters,” Vikings coach Alvin Carpenter said.

“We played aggressive on defense. That was one of our better games, but it’s hard to use your help defense right after they cross halfcourt.”

Kyle Meadows led the Vikings with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Michael Humphreys had 15 points and five assists while Matt Owens scored 13 - he made four 3-pointers.

Euton hit three treys and a pair of two-point baskets as he scored 13 points in the first quarter to stake the Royals to a 24-17 lead. Humphreys had seven points for the Vikings.

Rose Hill was up 35-27 at the half and Meadows had six points in the third quarter only to see the Royals pull away to 50-39 lead.

Symmes Valley got within eight points in the fourth quarter, but Euton had eight points and the Royals converted 11 of 14 from the foul line to secure the win.

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Symmes Valley17101215=54

ROSE HILL (12-9): Caleb Snyder 1 0 0-0 2, Chad Jackson 4 0 2-3 10, Johnny Bush 0 0 2-2 2, Kyle Bair 1 3 0-0 11, David Chinn 1 0 2-3 4, Tony Arthur 0 0 1-2 1, Michael Fuller 2 4 0-0 16, Dakota Euton 4 4 5-6 25. Totals: 13

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71. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.

SYMMES VALLEY (8-9): Kirt Shipley 1 1 0-0 5, Chris Capper 1 0 1-2 3, Seth Saunders 1 0 0-0 2, Kyle Meadows 7 0 2-4 16, Matt Owens 0 4 1-2 13, Michael Humphreys

4 1 4-5 15, Tyler Smith 0 0 0-0 0, Alex Burnett 0 0 0-0 0, Justin Wiseman 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14

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8-13

54. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 34 (Meadows 11, Capper 8). Turnovers: 14. Assists: 16 (Smith 5, Humphreys 5). Steals: 6 (Owens 3).