Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco. The South Point Pointers left their offense in the locker room.
Trailing just 31-27 at the half, the Pointers’ offense went cold in the second half in a 70-46 loss to the Spring Valley Timberwolves on Friday.
“We played pretty good in the first half. We gave us six points with less and a minute to go,” said Pointers’ coach Travis Wise.
“We held Meredith scoreless in the second half and they were in foul trouble but we could not buy a basket in the second half.”
Brody Blackwell had 15 points on five 3-pointers and Austin Webb scored 11 for the Pointers (1-3).
Brock Booth and Carson Malashevich had 14 points each and C.J. Meredith 10 for the T-Wolves (1-2).
Webb scored nine points and Blackwell hit a pair of 3-pointers as the Pointers went up 21-15 in the first quarter.
But the Pointers got only six points in the second quarter while Booth and Meredith had five points each for the T-Wolves who took the lead.
The lead was 45-34 after three quarters and then the T-Wolves outscored the Pointers 25-12 in the fourth quarter.
“Hopefully, we regroup and go compete against Lucasville Valley,” said Wise.
The Pointers play Valley at Portsmouth next Friday.
South Point 21 6 7 12 = 46
Spring Valley 15 16 14 25 = 70
SOUTH POINT (1-3): Darryl Turner 0 0 0-0 0, Chase Gunther 2 0 5-8 9, Nakyan Turner 0 0 2-4 2, Roger Staggs 0 0 2-6 2, Austin Webb 4 1 0-0 11, Brody Blackwell 0 5 0-0 15, Marcus Malone 0 2 0-3 6. Totals: 6 8 10-23 46. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: Malone.
SPRING VALLEY (1-2): Chase Maynard 2 0 0-0 4, Brock Booth 2 3 1-3 14, Carson Malashevich 5 1 1-1 14, Jace Caldwell 0 0 0-0 0, Andrew Ball 3 0 1-1 7, C.J. Meredith 1 2 2-2 10, Reece Stevenson 1 1 0-0 5, Garrett Johnson 1 0 0-0 2. Evan Ferguson 1 0 0-0 2, Doug Nester 6 0 0-0 12. Totals: 22 7 5-7 70. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None.