PDT Sports Report

Eastern's Eagles scored 46 points in the second half to win their opener 78-55 over cross-county rival Western.

Doug McVey scored 21 points to go with seven rebounds and three assists to lead the Eagles. Kevin Montgomery had 17 points and five rebounds while Jordan Thornsberry scored 14, adding five assists.

Derek Lawhorn dished out 10 assists for the Eagles.

"We were only up 32-31 at the half," Eastern coach P.J. Fitch said. "We were trying to overcome those first-game jitters. But we pulled together and played a very nice second half."

Western was paced by Klay Park's 16 points and 12 from Kory Bakenhaster.

The Eagles will be on the road Tuesday when they take on Minford.

Western 12 19 10 14 — 55

Eastern 15 17 21 25 — 78

Western — Bakenhaster 6 0 12, Cooper 1 0 2, Flint 4 0 8, Stojanovic 4 0 9, Park 6 2 16, Gragg 1 0 2, Saderfield 2 0 6. Totals 24 2 55.

Eastern — Hawks 2 0 5, Lands 3 0 7, Cisco 1 0 2, Thornsberry 5 3 14, Lawhorn 1 1 3, McVey 8 1 21, Wheelers 3 3 9, Montgomery 8 1 17. Totals 31 9 78.

3-Pointers — Western 5 (Stojanovic, Park 2, Saderfield 2); Eastern 7 (Hawks, Lands, Thornsberry, McVey 4).

Records — Eastern 1-0, 1-0, 0-2, 0-1.

South Point 84,

Portsmouth 62

Tre Underwood scored 12 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, but it was not enough to pull Portsmouth out of an early hole at South Point Friday evening.

The Trojans fell behind 24-6 after the first quarter and never got back within striking range as South Point shot 68 percent from the field.

Forrest Johnson added 11 points and Isaiah Reeves scored 12 for Portsmouth.

"We got off to a slow start, couldn't score and got behind," Portsmouth coach Gene Collins said. "When you've got a young club on the road for the first time, we could never overcome the big hole we dug ourselves. Offensively we're still trying to find ourselves. Tre Underwood has had back-to-back good games and is establishing himself as a post player we're going to have to look to more."

Kevin Mitchell scored 23 points to lead the Pointers. He was flanked by Blake Barnes with 18 and Ethan Prater's 14 points.

The Trojans will be back in Scioto County, but still on the road Tuesday when they visit Wheelersburg.

Portsmouth 6 15 20 21 — 62

South Point 24 18 18 25 — 85

Portsmouth — F. Johnson 4 2 11, L. Malone 1 2 5, P. Underwood 1 1 3, S. Bratchett 2 0 5, Reeves 4 1 12, Collins 2 1 5, Evans 2 0 5, T. Underwood 6 0 12, R. Graf 1 0 2, C. Sanders 1 0 2.

3-pointers — Portsmouth 7 (F. Johnson, L. Malone, Bratchett, Reeves 3, Evans).

Record — Portsmouth 0-2

Greenup Co. 45,

Lewis Co. 43

Greenup County came away with a big district victory on Friday, holding on to defeat Lewis County.

Michael Hampton led the Musketeers with 12 points and Tre Williams scored nine.

Despite leading by a large margin at one point, the Lions battled back with a 15-2 run with Curt Crawford and Cody Riley leading the way before Greenup put things away for good.

Crawford scored 14 to lead Lewis County while Riley added 11.

"We bent a little but didn't break," Greenup coach Tim Fraley told WZZZ radio. "It was a nice effort there."

Peebles 56, Ripley 54

Blake Justice hit a pair of free throws with 2.4 seconds to go as part of a 7-for-7 performance at the line to help Peebles defeat Ripley on Saturday.

Justice scored 17 points while Andrew Seaman scored 21 with five assists. Eric Collier scored eight points with 10 rebounds.

Peebles travels to Ohio University today to face Zane Trace.

Peebles 18 14 9 15 — 56

Ripley 19 16 10 9 — 54

Peebles — Stephens 1 0 2, Justice 4 7 18, Collier 4 0 8, Countryman 2 2 7, Seaman 6 7 21. Totals 17 16 56.

Ripley — Washington 1 3 6, Williams 6 2 14, Mitchell 1 0 3, West 1 0 3, Perkins 2 2 7, Johnson 4 1 9, Applegate 6 0 12. Totals 21 8 54.

3-pointers — Peebles 6 (Justice 3, Countryman, Seaman 2): Ripley 4 (Washington, Mitchell, West, Perkins)

Record — Peebles 2-0 (1-0)