Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

 

SOUTH POINT — A little “D” and a little “O” equals a big “W.”

The third-ranked Fairland Lady Dragons parlayed good defense and a balanced offense to beat the South Point Lady Pointers 55-31 Thursday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

“We played good defense again,” said Fairland coach Jon Buchanan. “The girls did a good job of understanding what South Point was trying to do.

“Terra (Stapleton) did a real good job controlling the lane. They had a hard time getting off any shots.”

Stapleton and Chandler Fulks scored 14 points each as the Lady Dragons remained unbeaten in 18 games. They are 9-0 in the OVC.

Kelsey Riley added 12 points and Taylor Perry scored 10 points for Fairland.

“Offensively we moved the ball well. We had good balance,” said Buchanan.

Brett Justice scored 7 points to lead the Lady Pointers (7-11, 4-6).

Fulks scored 7 points and Stapleton had 6 points as Fairland took a 17-10 first quarter lead.

Riley had 6 points in the second quarter and the defense held South Point to 7 points as the lead grew to 32-17 at the half.

Perry scored 6 of her points in the third quarter to match the Lady Pointers’ total and the Lady Dragon extended the lead to 46-23.

Fairland plays at Chesapeake Saturday and hosts Meigs on Monday.

Fairland 17 15 14 9 = 55

South Point 10 7 6 8 = 31

FAIRLAND (18-0, 9-0): Haley Woodall 1 0 0-0 2, Terra Stapleton 6 0 2-2 14, Taylor Staten 0 0 0-0 0, Kayla Swiger 0 0 1-2 1, Mollie Morris 0 0 0-0 0, Briana Dickess 0 0 0-0 0, Chandler Fulks 2 3 1-2 14, Mackenzie Riley 0 0 0-2 0, Mariah Chaffin 0 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Riley 4 0 4-4 12, Caitlyn Stone 0 0 0-0 0, Taylor Perry 4 0 2-2 10, Pieper Lewis 0 0 0-0 0, Jenna Fulks 0 0 0-0 0, Tiffany Christian 0 0 0-0 0, Maddi Kazee 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 18 3 10-14 55. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.

SOUTH POINT (7-11, 4-6): Abbey Winkler 2 0 1-2 5, Bonnie Hileman 0 0 3-6 3, Tori Koukos 0 0 0-0 0, Alex Ross-Aaron 0 0 0-0 0, Haley Rawlins 0 1 2-2 5, Brett Justice 3 0 1-2 7, Brianna Bacon 1 1 0-0 5, Sierra Brown 0 0 0-0 0, Olivia Abner 0 0 0-0 0, Lakin Adams 1 0 0-0 2, Aundrea Bradburn 2 0 0-4 4. Totals: 9 2 7-16 31. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None.

 

Area Standings

Independents

Boys

W L

Ironton 15 2

St. Joseph 6 12

Girls

W L

Ironton 17 5

St. Joseph 18 3

Ohio Valley Conference

Boys’ Standings

OVC All

W L W L

Fairland 7 0 14 4

Chesapeake 6 1 12 5

Coal Grove 5 3 13 4

South Point 3 5 8 10

Rock Hill 1 7 6 12

River Valley 1 7 3 14

Girls’ Standings

OVC All

W L W L

Fairland 9 0 18 0

South Point 4 6 7 11

Rock Hill 3 7 7 15

Coal Grove 6 5 14 8

Chesapeake 3 6 11 10

River Valley 4 6 7 14