Ironton tops Gallipolis, 63-35

[jottings]

Visiting Ironton (8-1) trailed host Gallipolis 12-10 after one quarter Tuesday evening before a small crowd in the Centenary gym, but the Lawrence Countians forced 24 Blue Devil turnovers the final three periods and outscored GAHS 53-23 to post a 63-39 non-league victory over the Blue Devils (3-7) as the 2011-12 season reached the halfway point.

Justin Bailey’s two free throws with 40.1 seconds left in the first period gave GAHS its 12-10 lead..

Trey Fletcher made one of two freebies to close the gap to 12-11 with 7:36 left in the second. Trevor White and Dion Brown got back-to-back putbacks to give Ironton a 15-12 lead at the 6:30 mark and White got another tap-in at the 6:08 mark to make it 17-12, followed by a layup by White and the Tigers began to slowly pull away.

Ironton led 28-23 at halftime. Gallipolis made five straight turnovers to start the second half and Ironton picked up 10 quick points. That proved to be the turning point of the game. IHS led 44-29 after three periods, then outscored GAHS 19-6 in the last quarter to win going away.

Fletcher paced Ironton with 20 points and 11 rebounds. White added 11. Zac Carter failed to score in the game although he started.

Ironton hit 26 of 64 field goal attempts for 40.6 percent. The Tigers sank nine if 18 free tosses for 50 percent. Ironton picked off 26 rebounds. Ironton had 17 personal fouls and just six turnovers.

GAHS placed two players in double figures. Justin Bailey had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Nick Saunders popped in 12 points. Jimmy Clagg added six points and Caleb Craft five to complete Gallia’s scoring. Craft also picked off seven rebounds.

Gallipolis connected on 14 of 35 field goal attempts for 40 percent. At the line, GAHS was three of eight for 37.5 percent. Gallia had 18 personal fouls, 30 rebounds and a staggering 28 turnovers.

Gallipolis will return to SEOAL play Friday with a tripleheader at Portsmouth. Ironton will play at Ashland, Ky., on Saturday.


Ironton made it a clean sweep Tuesday night. The Little Tiger frosh defeated Gallipolis 41-25 and the Ironton Cubs rallied to defeat the GAHS Blue Imps, 47-37, in overtime.

In the freshman game, GAHS led 15-13 after one period but HIS blanked the home team 9-0 in the second period a d 9-2 in the tthird to take a 31-17 lead into the final period.

Jordan Jackson and Trevor McNeal led the GAHS frosh with seven points apiece. Gallipolis dropped to 1-7 on the year. Ironton improved to 6-1 on the year. Richard Cockrell’s 11 points led the Tigers. T. Cox added eight points and T. Price 7.

In the reserve game, Ironton led 9-7 after one quarter, and 20-18 after two periods. GAHS forged ahead 28-27 after three periods, and led 37-31 with 3:51 left in the game. The Blue Imps had a chance to win it in the final seconds of play, but went 0-5 at the foul line and IHS tied the score 37-37 at the buzzer to force overtime.

Ironton blanked the Blue Imps 10-0 in the overtime to wrap up their fourth win in six games. GAHS dropped to 2-8 on the year.

Seth Atkins led GAHS with 14 points. Alex White added nine and Aaron Jackson seven while Cody Call chipped in with six markers. T Easterling paced Ironton with 12 points. Joe Bowling added nine.

Varsity box score:
IRONTON (63) – Darrius Boykin, 0-0-0-0-0; Tanner Dutey, 0-(2)-2-2-8; Nolan Johnson, 2-0-1-2-5; Zac Carter, 0-0-0-0-0; Dion Brown, 3-0-0-0-6; Josh Glover, 3-0-1-3-7; Trevor White, 4-0-3-5-11; Trey Fletcher, 9-0-2-5-20; Aaron Stephens, 3-0-0-1-6. Totals 24-(2)-9-18-63.

GALLIPOLIS (35) – Reid Eastman, 0-0-0-0-0; Logan Allison, 0-0-0-0-0; Joel Johnston, 0-0-0-0-0; Justin Bailey, 5-0-2-3-12; Caleb Craft, 2-0-1-4- 5; Nick Saunders, 0-(4)-0-0-12; Wade Jarrell, 0-0-0-0-0; Aaron Jackson, 0-0-0-0-0; Jeremy Wilson, 0-0-0-0-0; Cody Call, 0-0-0-0-0; Jimmy Clagg, 3-0-0-1-6. Totals 10-(4)-3-8-35.

Score by quarters:
Ironton…….10 18 16 19 -- 63
Gallipolis…..12 11 6 6 -- 35
Freshman score—Ironton 41 Gallipolis 25
Reserve score—Ironton 47 Gallipolis 37 (ot)

[BubbleGumTiger]

Game recap from the Tribune

[WitnessProtection]

3 of 8 at the foul line + 28 turnovers = Wow!

[WitnessProtection]

Just how small are the crowds at the GAHS gym nowadays?

[superblue]

3 of 8 at the foul line + 28 turnovers = Wow!

WOW just can't describe it Witness..... I sat through the whole game.... 28 turnovers... Can't break the press, countless times of dribbling the ball to a corner and getting Doubled, picking up your dribble and getting doubled, trying to throw a pass through a zone defense, throwing bullet passes to a team mate 10 feet away, not throwing a bounce pass when needed, I could go on but I believe you get my point....
I believe I-town had as many fans as GAHS had.... Our team is young and inexperienced, lack of shooters and size make for a long season..... Things could get worse in the coming years....

[WitnessProtection]

Worse? Yikes! Very sad.

[caglewis]

From the Ironton Tribune:

Ironton plays at Ashland, Ky., on Saturday.

Ironton 10 18 16 19 = 63

Gallipolis 12 11 6 6 = 35

IRONTON (8-1): Zac Carter 0 0 0-0 0, Trey Fletcher 9 0 2-5 20, Nolan Johnson 2 0 1-2 5, Dion Brown 3 0 0-0 6, Josh Glover 3 0 1-3 7, Tanner Dutey 0 2 2-2 8, Aaron Stephens 3 0 0-1 6, Trevor White 4 0 3-5 11. Totals: 26-63 9-18 63. 3-point goals: 2-7. Rebounds: 19-15=34 (Stephens 7, Fletcher 6, Brown 5). Assists: 12 (Glover 4, Carter 4, White 3). Steals: 14 (Carter 4, Glover 4). Turnovers: 7. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.

GALLIPOLIS (3-7): Reid Eastman 0 0 0-0 0, Justin Bailey 5 0 2-3 12, Nick Saunders 0 4 0-0 12, Caleb Craft 2 0 1-4 5, Jimmy Clagg 3 0 0-1 6,Wade Jarrell 0 0 0-0 0, Aaron Jackson 0 0 0-0 0, Joel Johnston 0 0 0-0 0, Cody Call 0 0 0-0 0, Logan Allison 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14-39 3-8 35. 3-point goals: 4-17. Rebounds: 8-18=26 (Bailey 12, Craft 6, Jarrell 5). Assists: 10 (Jarrell 5, Eastman 3). Steals: 1 (Craft). Turnovers: 27. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None.

[pantherdad]

Would've thought Ironton would put more points on the board than this. Surprising. What was Carter's situation? Lingering injury from Christmas week or still in Coach Lafon's doghouse?

[86Tiger]

Zac played the whole game (except when subbed)

[LetsGoPSU]

Im sure the Fighting Tigers could have made it look preety bad, but a win is a win and 28 points is enough dont ya think?

[dewdrinker]

Im sure the Fighting Tigers could have made it look preety bad, but a win is a win and 28 points is enough dont ya think?

I think they tried to .. gahs had a good first half, good defense , good shooting, second half as normal it was a struggle to get points and trade goals to stay close. GAHS held the carter boy to zero points, albeit a few of the attempts could have went in. gahs had about easy 10 points given up because of turnovers resulting in layups and the final 3 minutes was jv kids that let 8-10 points run off without any return points. I went to the game figuring a 50-60 point blowout from the start. would like to see amos play that game , missing his 18-20 points per game.