SOUTH POINT — If a basketball was food, Jeremiah Taylor must have thought he had just finished an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord.

Taylor got open time after time and his teammates kept feeding him the ball Tuesday night. As a result, Taylor ate the Huntington (W.Va.) St. Joseph Fighting Irish lunch with 38 points in an 80-41 win.

Taylor made 17 field goals and four fouls shots en route to a career high point total. He also pulled down 12 rebounds.

“(St. Joseph) is not a big team and we felt like we could get the ball to Taylor. Our perimeter people did a good job getting him the ball. (Jerrell) Dean and Chase (McWhorter) did a good job picking for him and getting him open.”

Dean added 10 points and Aaron Craft scored 11 as South Point ran its record to 6-5.

Taylor had 16 points in the first quarter as South Point took a 22-15 lead.

He scored 11 points in the second quarter and the defense held the Irish to seven points to make it 42-22 at the break.

South Point outscored St. Joseph 23-11 in the third quarter as Taylor had 10 more points and it was 65-33.

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HUNTINGTON ST. JOSEPH (NA): Brian Miller 4 3 2-2 19, Shandon Cihon 1 2 0-0 8, Mike Henderson 3 0 0-0 6, Jason Adams 2 0 1-2 5, Dennis Cole 1 0 0-0 2, Cody Bragg 0 0 1-2 1. Totals: 11

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4-6

41. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.

SOUTH POINT (6-5): Chris Brown 1 0 1-2 3, Kyle Hughes 1 0 0-0 2, J.T. Terry 0 0 2-2 2, Beau Weed 2 0 0-0 4, Jerrell Dean 5 0 0-0 10, Zach Woody 1 0 0-0 2, Aaron Craft 5 0 1-2 11, Joey Stevens 4 0 0-0 8, Chase McWhorter 3 0 0-0 6, Jeremiah Taylor 17 0 4-9 38. Totals: 36

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8-15

80. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.