Turning mistakes into points gives Green lopsided victory

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, December 14, 2004

PORTSMOUTH - One good turnover deserves another.

The Green Bobcats defense forced one turnover after another, then converted the Portsmouth Notre Dame mistakes into points en route to an easy 91-36 Southern Ohio Conference win Friday.

Green used the turnover conversion to build a huge first half lead and coasted to their second win of the season in as many games.

"We turned them over quite a bit early and got a lot of points in transition," Green coach Kevin Sheridan said.

"We played fullcourt defense, and then after the first quarter we did a good job with our halfcourt defense. We also did a good job rebounding the ball."

Derek Lewis had 17 points and three assists to pace the Bobcats. Nathan Patten scored 14 points and Jason Bester added 11 points.

Lewis had 8 points in the first quarter and John Dawson scored 6 as Green jumped out to a 28-6 lead.

Lewis came back with 9 points in the second quarter as the lead grew to an insurmountable 43-12.

John Bowen got 5 points and Brian Ramey 4 in the third quarter as the lead grew to 66-27.

In the fourth quarter, Patten came off the bench to score 9 points and Ian Kelley got 6 as Green outscored the Titans 25-9.

The win gives Green a 1-0 SOC record.

"It's good to get a league win and a road win and we got everybody in the game," Sheridan said.

Green hosts Fairland Tuesday. Portsmouth Notre Dame visits Ironton St. Joseph.

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GREEN (2-0, 1-0):

C.J. Blevins 1 0 0-2 2, Jason Bester 4 0 3-4 11, Derek Lewis 0 4 5-6 17, Ian Kelley 2 0 2-3 6, Nathan Patten 1 2 6-9 14, Adam Sparks 2 0 1-2 5, Brian Ramey 1 0 6-8 8, John Bowen 3 0 1-1 7, Brad DeHart 1 0 4-8 6, John Dawson 4 0 0-1 8, Mark Castro 3 0 1-1 7. Totals: 28

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91. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 16-26=42 (DeHart 8, Dawson 8, Ramey 6). Assists: 13 (Lewis 3, Bester 3, Ramey 3). Turnovers: 17.

PORTSMOUTH NOTRE DAME (0-2, 0-1):

Tenalio 2 1 1-2 8, Mader 1 0 0-1 2, Clayton 1 0 0-0 2, Sands 1 0 0-0 2, Wallace 1 0 0-0 2, Schuttle 0 0 0-0 0, Saltsman 3 3 0-0 15, Slack 0 0 2-2 2, Lin 0 0 1-2 1, Bowman 0 0 2-3 2. Totals: 9

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36. Fouls: 33. Fouled out: Tenalio, Mader. Rebounds: 6-17=23.