COAL GROVE — Oakie Haynes provided the spark. His Coal Grove teammates provided the flames.

Haynes helped ignite the Hornets 61-46 win over the River Valley Raiders Tuesday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

“We played well. We controlled most things tonight. We started a little sluggish, but when we hit the second quarter we sparked it up a bit and took off from there,” said Hornets’ coach Randy Ward.

Haynes scored 15 points including 9-of-9 from the line for Coal Grove (11-5, 3-4). Wayne Sparks also had 15 points while Evan Ferguson scored 12 and Devin Monnier 10.

River Valley was led by Cody McAvena who poured in 30 points including six 3-pointers.

McAvena had 5 points as the Raiders took a 10-9 first quarter lead. Sparks had 7 points to keep the Hornets close.

Haynes was 7-of-7 from the line in the second quarter as he scored 11 of his points and Coal Grove took a 28-19 lead at the half.

Monnier had 6 of his points in the third quarter as Coal Grove pulled away to a 48-29 lead.

McAvena had 12 points in the fourth quarter but Ferguson had 7 for the Hornets who cruised to the win.

River Valley 10 9 10 17 = 46

Coal Grove 9 19 20 13 = 61

RIVER VALLY (3-9, 2-5): Trey Noble 0 1 2-2 5, Cody McAvena 3 6 6-8 30, Parker Hollingsworth 1 0 1-3 3, Aaron Harrison 0 0 1-2 1, Dominique Peck 1 1 0-2 5, Austin Lewis 1 0 0-2 2, Keith Skidmore 0 0 0-0 0, Kyle Bryant 0 0 0-0 0, Blake Burdette 0 0 0-0 0, Derek Flint 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 6 8 10-19 46. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.

COAL GROVE (11-5, 3-4): Evan Ferguson 2 1 5-6 12, Wayne Sparks 6 1 0-0 15, Oakie Haynes 3 0 9-9 15, Cody Damron 3 0 0-0 6, Devin Monnier 4 0 2-4 10, Dion Cunningham 0 1 0-0 3. Totals: 18 3 16-19 61. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: Cunningham.