Thomas, Dragons down SP

Published 2:47 am Saturday, December 14, 2019

Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

PROCTORVILLE — The Fairland offense was sluggish the first half. Clayton Thomas took care of that in the second half.
Thomas scored 20 or his 23 points in the second half as the Fairland Dragons toppled the South Point Pointers 53-37 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday.
Fairland (3-0, 2-0) led by 10 points at the half as South Point scored just 2 points in the second quarter.
But Thomas hit a 3-pointer and went 4-of-4 at the foul line while Jacob Polcyn scored 6 points and Fairland led 32-21.
Thomas then drained a pair of 3-pointers and scored 13 points in the fourth quarter as Fairland pulled away to the easy win.
Fairland led just 10-7 at the end of the first quarter as Polcyn had 5 points.
Austin Webb had the lone South Point basket in the second quarter while Aiden Porter went 4-of-6 at the foul line and scored 6 points to give Fairland a 19-9 halftime lead and set up the second half surge.
Besides Thomas, Polcyn had 14 points and grabbed 5 rebounds and Porter added 10 points and a pair of assists. Jordan Williams had 5 rebounds.
Webb scored a game-high 16 points for the Pointers (1-1, 1-1) with Chance Gunther adding 10 points. Mason Kazee and Nakyan Turner had 6 rebounds each.
On Tuesday, South Point host Gallipolis and Fairland is at Portsmouth.
South Point 7 2 12 16 = 37
Fairland 10 9 13 22 = 53
SOUTH POINT (1-1, 1-1): Jake Adkins 0-0 0-1 0-0 0, Chance Gunther 3-10 0-0 5-7 11, Nakyan Turner 2-6 0-0 1-2 5, Malik Peagram 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Mason Kazee 0-1 0-1 0-0 0, Darryl Taylor Austin Webb 4-9 1-4 5-7 16, Kyle Badgett 1-4 0-0 1-3 3, Brody Blackwell 0-2 0-2 2-2 2, Carmelo Sammons 0-0 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 11-42 14-21 37. 3-pt goals: 1-9. Rebounds: 25 (Kazee 6, Turner 6, Taylor 4). Assists: 1. Steals: 3. Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 22. Fouled out: Turner, Taylor.
FAIRLAND (3-0, 2-0): Jacob Polcyn 6-10 0-0 2-3 14, Aiden Porter 1-5 0-3 8-10 10, Gavin Hunt 2-3 0-0 0-2 4, Clayton Thomas 3-4 3-6 8-8 23, J.D. Thacker 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Williams 0-0 0-0 0-3 0, Zander Schmidt 0-0 0-1 0-0 0, Tevin Taylor 1-1 0-0 0-1 2, Mason Manns 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Nate Thacker 0-0 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 16-40 18-27 53. 3-pt goals: 3-12. Rebounds: 19 (Polcyn 5, Williams 5). Assists: 11 (Porter 2, Thomas 2, Williams 2, Schmidt 2). Steals: 5 (Hunt 3). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: None.

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