South Point uses offensive explosion to rout Royals, 99-59
Published 2:31 am Monday, January 31, 2011
By JIM WALKER
Tribune Sports Editor
SOUTH POINT — This team lived up to its name.
The South Point Pointers racked up the points Saturday night as five players reached double figures in a 99-59 rout of the Rose Hill Royals.
“We needed a game like this. Everyone got to play and gave us a chance to rest some guys. We just played Friday and we have a game Tuesday,” said Pointers’ coach Chris Barnes.
“We usually shoot well at home but we haven’t had a home game for a while. We didn’t shoot well Friday, but hopefully we got back on track again.”
Blake Barnes scored 25 points to lead the high-powered offense. He also had seven assists, seven rebounds and four steals.
Kyle Winkler had 15 points, nine rebounds and six assists, Brandon Barnes 18 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals, Tevin Mitchell 20 points and Austin Jefreys added 10 points.
The Pointers (7-8) took a 24-13 lead at the end of the first quarter. Blake Barnes scored 12 points in the second quarter as South Point raced to a 50-23 halftime lead.
South Point pulled away to a 74-24 lead after three quarters.
Spenser Lindsey had 19 points while Andrew Wilhoit and Alex Malloy added 15 points each for the Royals (3-17).
Rose Hill 13 10 11 25 = 25
South Point 24 26 24 25 = 99
ROSE HILL (3-17): Alex Malloy 1 4 1-2 15, Spenser Lindsey 2 3 6-8 19, Andrew Wilhoit 6 1 0-1 15, Troy Stafford 1 1 2-2 7, Colin Varney 0 1 0-0 3, Christian Davis 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10 10 9-13 59. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.
SOUTH POINT (7-8): Tevin Mitchell 7 2 0-1 20, Blake Barnes 10 1 2-4 25, Kyle Winkler 6 1 0-0 15, Brandon Barnes 4 3 1-1 18, Zane Huron 1 0 1-2 3, Austin Jeffreys 5 0 0-0 10, Tre Campbell 0 1 0-0 3, Evan Williams 1 0 0-0 2, Kurt Adams 0 1 0-0 0. Totals: 34 9 3-6 99. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.