The Coal Grove Hornets had to move quickly.

After Kyle Winkler hit a 3-pointer with five seconds left to tie the game, the Hornets quickly got the ball in bounds and began a series of passes.

One pass led to another until Dane Haukendahl’s basket at the buzzer lifted the Hornets over the South Point Pointers 47-45 on Tuesday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

Wayne Sparks inbounded the ball immediately and threw near halfcourt to Eric Edens who passed to Devin Monnier who found Haukendahl under the basket and the senior center laid the ball in the basket.

“We didn’t waste any time getting the ball inbounds and we made good passes. It was just really nice ball movement,” said Hornets’ coach Randy Ward.

Coal Grove improved to 10-8 on the second and 4-5 in the OVC. South Point fell to 9-8 and 3-5 in the league.

Sparks led the Hornets with 18 points, five rebounds and two steals. Edens had 10 assists.

Chase Kratzenberg got 14 points and two steals for the Pointers while Drew Lynd had 10 points, six rebounds and two assists.

Ethan Prater scored four points in the first quarter to offset five by Sparks as South Point took a 12-9 lead.

Sparks came back with seven points in the second quarter and Coal Grove held the Pointers to just four points to take a 24-16 halftime lead.

Kratzenber got seven points in the third quarter as South Point cut the deficit to 36-30.

Kratzenberg and Lynd had four points each in the fourth quarter, but Haukendahl and Sparks combined for eight points as the Hornets got the win.

Coal Grove plays at Portsmouth West on Wednesday.

Coal Grove 9 15 12 12 = 47

South Point 12 4 14 16 = 45

COAL GROVE (10-8, 4-5): Eric Edens 1 0 3-4 5, Evan Ferguson 0 2 0-0 6, Devin Monnier 1 0 0-0 2, Wayne Sparks 5 1 5-5 18, Dane Haukedahl 2 0 0-1 4, Cody Damron 1 1 1-2 6, Shannon Goodwin 3 0 0-0 6. Totals: 12 4 9-12 47. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 23 (Sparks 5). Assists: 15 (Edens 10). Steals: 3 (Sparks 2). Tunovers: 15.

SOUTH POINT (9-8, 3-5): Chase Kratzenberg 2 2 4-6 14, Jordan Fletcher 0 0 3-4 3, Kyle Winkler 1 1 0-0 5, Drew Lynd 4 0 2-2 10, Ethan Prater 2 0 2-2 6, Cody Taylor 2 0 1-1 5, Greg Taylor 1 0 1-3 3, Kevin Davis 0 0 0-0 0, Matt Button 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 3 13-18 45. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 24 (Lynd 6). Assists: 6 (Lynd 2, Fletcher 2). Steals: 6 (Kratzenberg 2). Turnovers: 7.