Unbeaten Dragons roll by Redmen in OVC matchup
Published 2:25 am Tuesday, December 17, 2024
By Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
PEDRO — The Fairland Dragons are on a roll and they just kept rolling on Monday.
The unbeaten Dragons jumped out to a huge first half lead and went on to beat the Rock Hill Redmen 60-20 in an Ohio Valley Conference game.
Fairland is now 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the OVC.
Brody Buchanan led Fairland with 24 points with Cliff Fransen getting 13 points and 5 rebounds.
Yaden Bailey had 10 points for the Redmen (1-3, 0-2).
Fransen scored 9 points including a 3-pointer and Brody Buchanan 7 points with a 3-pointer as Fairland led 21-0.
Bailey scored 5 points in the second quarter as Rock Hill outscored Fairland 7-5.
Buchanan had 4 points for Fairland.
The Dragons opened up a 43-11 lead in the third quarter as Buchanan hit a trifecta and scored 6 points, Keegan Smith had 4 points and Trevor Lochow hit a 3-pointer.
Gerald Love nailed a pair of triples in the fourth quarter as Fairland outscored the Redmen 17-9.
Stephen Ison hit a 3-pointer and Bailey had 4 points in the fourth quarter.
Fairland 21 5 17 17 = 60
Rock Hill 0 7 4 9 = 20
FAIRLAND (5-0, 3-0): Gabe Polcyn 1 0 0-0 2, Wyatt Thomas 0 0 0-0 0, Gavin Ballard 1 1 0-0 5, Trevor Lochow 0 1 0-0 3, Jeremiah Fizer 0 0 3-4 3, Cliff Fransen 2 1 6-6 13, Keegan Smith 4 0 0-0 8, Stephen Jones 0 0 0-0 0, Gerald Love 0 2 0-0 6, Maddox Gue 0 0 0-0 0, Austin Kukac 0 0 0-0 0, Brody Buchanan 6 3 3-4 24, Ford Rickard 0 0 0- 0. Totals: 21-50 11-14 60. 3-pt goals: 7-17. Rebounds: 21 (Fransen 5, Smith 3). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None.
ROCK HILL (1-3, 0-2): Cash Lyons 0 0 0-0 0, Braylon McClellan 0 0 0-0 0, Izaak Cox 0 0 0-0 0, Rylan Barker 0 0 0-0 0, Carson Medinger 2 0 0-2 4, Stephen Ison 0 1 0-0 3, Kelan Davidson 0 0 2-4 2, Drew Schug 0 0 0-2 0, Yadan Bailey 4 0 3-4 11. Totals: 7-27 5-9 20. 3-pt goals: 1-7. Rebounds: 13 (Cox 4, Davidson 4, Bailey 4). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: Barber.