Mayo scores 33 as Pointers down Chesapeake
By: T. J. Layne
SOUTH POINT, OH-Coming off of two thrilling last second wins, the South Point Pointers faced another tough opponent in rival Chesapeake. With some road construction issues during Christmas break, this was the first game played in the new Pointer Gym in 2008 in front of a packed house.
The game started out all South Point as they were making shots and getting rebounds. At the end of the first quarter, the Pointers led 17-11 with a lot of those shots coming on the fast break in a fast paced quarter. Chesapeake came back firing strong in the second quarter as the game stayed a one possession game for most of the quarter. The first half ended with a 32-29 Pointer lead with Todd Mayo scoring 15 of those points.
The game continued tight all through the third quarter. Just like in the previous game against Fairland, Todd Mayo kept the Pointers lead secure as he exploded for 14 points in the quarter. The third quarter ended with an amazing, last second half court three from Chesapeake’s Tyler Shoemaker to cut the Pointers lead to only two points at 53-51. The fourth quarter started with both teams in a scoreless drought as the first minute and half of the quarter saw no points from either team. A Zach Woody three pointer ended the scoreless drought as from there the Pointers never looked back and won by a final score of 75-61.
Todd Mayo was the games leading scorer with 33 points while Beau Weed was second on Pointers scoring with 16 points. Zach Woody was third in South Point scoring with 8 points. South Point held the lead for the entire game to remain undefeated on the season at 10-0 overall and 4-0 in conference play. The South Point JV team had their unbeaten streak snapped as they lost 39-33.
The Pointers will be back in action in OVC conference play on Friday, January 11th against Rock Hill at the new Pointer Gym. The Lady Pointers will also be in conference play on Thursday, January 10th in a home game against River Valley. The Lady Pointers defeated the Lady Raiders 77-45 to get their first win on the year back on November 29th. Both games will see the JV game tip at 6:00 pm. For more information visit
http://www.geocities.com/southpointbasketball .
Score by Quarter
1st, 17-11 South Point
2nd, 32-29 South Point
3rd, 53-51 South Point
4th, 75-61 South Point
South Point Pointers Scoring
Todd Mayo-33 points
Beau Weed-16 points
Zach Woody-8 points
Chase Kratzenburg-7 points
Kyle Hughes-4 points
Corey Taylor-4 points
Drew Lynd-3 points