GALLIPOLIS — The Chesapeake Panthers treated it as a pickup game.

The Panthers picked up their defense and rallied from a big early deficit to beat the Gallipolis Blue Devils 54-50 in overtime Tuesday.

“We picked up our pressure a little bit. We started defending better and taking better shots,” said Panthers coach Ryan Davis.

Gallipolis (2-2) started the game by hitting its first four shots to lead 8-0 and went on to go up 20-4 at the end of the quarter.

The Panthers turned the tables on the Blue Devils with a 9-0 run to start the second quarter and held Gallipolis scoreless until the 4:30 mark. Chesapeake got within 30-25 at the half.

Gallipolis upped its lead to 10 to open the second only to have Chesapeake go on a 14-4 run and tie the game at 39-39.

Tyler Shoemaker converted a 3-point play to put the Panthers up by four, but Quinton Nibert hit a trey for Gallipolis.

A steal and 3-point play by David Rumley gave the Blue Devils a 49-47 lead. Shoemaker sank two free throws to tied the game with two seconds left and for the overtime.

Trent Saunders made a layup and Shoemaker sank three foul shots in overtime as the Panthers outscored Gallipolis 5-1.

Shoemaker led the Panthers (3-1) with 20 points and six rebounds.

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CHESAPEAKE (3-1): Aaron Ross 1 2 0-0 8, Nathan Copley 0 1 2-2 5, Kyle Rase 2 1 0-0 7, Tyler Shoemaker 5 0 10-13 20, Kyle Webb 0 1 0-2 3, Aaron Donahoe 1 0 0-0 2, Trent Saunders 4 0 1-2 9, Travis Zimmerman 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-44 13-19 54. 3-point goals: 5. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Rase (2OT). Rebounds: 7-14=21 (Copley 7, Saunders 6, Shoemaker 6). Assists: 7 (Shoemaker 3).

GALLIPOLIS (2-2): Nick Wilson 0 0 0-0 0, Ethan Moore 0 0 0-0 0, Chris Armstrong 0 0 0-0 0, Quinton Nibert 4 2 0-0 14, Chris McCoy 5 0 1-4 11, Kyle Mitchell 7 0 0-0 14, Zach Brown 3 0 0-0 6, John Troester 0 0 0-0 0, David Rumley 1 0 3-3 5. Totals: 22-49 4-7 50. 3-point goals: 2. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.

South Point 65

Huntington St. Joe 40

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The South Point Pointers decided to force themselves on the St. Joseph Fighting Irish.

The Pointers got their way as they remained unbeaten with an easy 65-40 win over the Irish on Tuesday.

“Our half-court defense was really good. We forced the tempo and we dominated the boards. We pushed the ball and finished well,” said Pointers coach Gary Norris.

South Point bolted out of the starting blocks in the first quarter as they outscored St. Joseph 26-13.

The Pointers continued to push the issue as they outscored the Irish 17-13 in the second quarter to build a 43-26 halftime cushion.

Todd Mayo scored 15 of his points in the first half and Beau Weed scored 11 more to help the Pointers take the comfortable lead.

Mayo finished with a game-high 21 points and also had four steals. Weed had 17 points and five steals while Corey Taylor added 10 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots.

Quay Logan led the Pointers eight rebounds.

Kwanis Hayes led the Irish with 12 points.

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St. Joseph131377=40

SOUTH POINT (4-0): Chase Kratzenberg 2 0 5-6 9, Kyle Hughes 0 0 1-2 1, Jordan Fletcher 0 0 0-3 0, Jordan Foster 1 1 0-0 5, Beau Weed 7 0 3-4 17, Todd Mayo 9 1 0-0 21, Zach Woody 1 0 0-0 2, Quay Logan 0 0 0-0 0, Drew Lynd 0 0 0-3 0, Corey Taylor 4 0 2-5 10. Totals: 26-46 11-23 65. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None. 3-point goals: 2-5. Rebounds: 40 (Logan 8, Taylor 7). Assists: 8. Steals: 13 (Weed 5, Mayo 4). Turnovers: 25. Blocked shots: 8 (Taylor 4).

HUNTINGTON ST. JOSEPH (0-1): Kwanis Hayes 3 2 0-1 12, Khiry Sharp 0 1 4-7 7, Jacob Barebo 1 0 0-0 2, Cody Bragg 1 0 2-4 4, Fernand Perez 3 0 3-4 9, Lance West 3 0 0-3 6. Totals: 11 3 9-19 40. Fouls: 22. Fouled out: None.