Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

 

SUMMIT, Ky. — When you’re hot, you’re scorching.

The Boyd County Lions used some red-hot shooting to outscore the South Point Pointers 94-73 on Friday.

“Offensively we played well. We just could not stop them. They were on fire,” said Pointers’ coach Chris Barnes.

The Lions (20-10) hit 12 3-point goals led by Grayson Griffith with 21 points including six 3-pointers. Austin Hunt and Brandon Taylor scored 18 points each and Todd Stacy had 13 points.

Brandon Barnes led all scorers with 27 points and he had 4 assists. Barnes was 5 of 7 from behind the arc.

Kurt Adams scored 18 points — 14 in the first half — including five 3-pointers for South Point (9-13). He also grabbed 7 rebounds.

The Lions came out gunning and outscored the Pointers 29-19. Payne Meadows scored 9 points for South Point but left the game after an injury. He did not return.

Brandon Barnes had 11 points in the second quarter to get the Pointers within 53-44 at the break.

Boyd County shot 70 percent from the field in the first half.

Barnes scored 10 more point in the third quarter but Boyd County outscored the Pointers 25-16 to take a 78-60 lead.

The game was called after a long delay with 2:01 left due to a severe ankle injury to Lions’ freshman Brock Damron.

South Point plays Coal Grove at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at Jackson in the Div. III sectional tournament.

South Point 19 25 16 13 = 73

Boyd County 29 24 25 16 = 94

SOUTH POINT (9-13): Phillip Kratzenberg 0 2 2-2 8, John Johnson 1 0 2-2 4, Stephen Wagoner 0 0 0-0 0, Austin Majher 0 0 0-0 0, Kurt Adams 0 5 3-5 18, Payne Meadows 3 0 3-3 9, Brandon Barnes 4 5 4-8 27, Mason White 1 0 1-2 3, Brady Rickard 0 0 0-0 0, Brandon Boggs 1 0 2-2 4. Totals: 10 12 17-24 73. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: White.

BOYD COUNTY (20-10): Bobby Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, Tristan Burgess 2 1 0-0 7, Grayson Griffith 1 6 1-2 21, Austin Hunt 5 1 5-6 18, Marcus Jarrell 0 0 0-0 0, Clayton Meade 0 1 1-2 4, Kaleb Mullins 1 0 4-7 6, Todd Stacy 2 3 0-0 13, Brandon Taylor 6 0 6-7 18, Stefano Vaghi 0 0 0-0 0, Jesse Wallace 3 0 1-2 7, Brock Damron 0 0 0-0 0, Hunter Preece 0 0 0-0 0, Reid Rowsey 0 0 0-0 0, Conner Gauze 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 12 18-26 94. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: None.