By JIM WALKER

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

SOUTH POINT — This one was all about the defense.

The South Point Pointers used a strong defensive effort to shut down the Portsmouth Trojans and post a 49-30 Division 5 district tournament win on Friday.

Brayden Hanshaw scored 17 points and Ethan Layne made four 3-pointers for 12 points to lead the Pointers who held Portsmouth to single digit scoring in two different quarters.

The Pointers (12-10) will play Minford at 6 p.m. Monday at the Waverly Downtown Arena.

Malachi Loper hit a trey and scored 8 points as Portsmouth took an 11-10 first quarter lead.

Hanshaw had 4 points, Landon Vance was 3 of 4 at the foul line and Ethan Hunt hit a 3-pointer to account for South Point’s total.

Layne drained a pair of 3-pointers and Hanshaw scored 4 points as the Pointers rallied to take a 22-17 lead at the break.

The Pointers then played shut down defense in the third quarter as they held the Trojans to just two points and extended their lead to 30-19.

Hunt hit another 3-pointer and had 5 of the 8 points for South Point. Dae’quan Woods was 2 of 2 at the foul line for Portsmouth’s points in the quarter.

South Point began to pull away in the fourth quarter by outscoring the Trojans 19-11.

Hanshaw hit a trifecta and scored 9 points and Layne nailed two more 3-pointers in the quarter.

Connie Thomas hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored all 9 of his points in the quarter while Loper added two foul shots.

Loper scored 10 points and Thomas 9 to lead the Trojans (7-15).

Portsmouth 11 6 2 11 = 30

South Point 10 12 8 19 = 49

PORTSMOUTH (7-15): Dae’quan Woods 0 1 4-4 6, Connie Thomas 1 2 1-1 9, Dee Parker 1 0 0-2 2, Malachi Loper 2 1 3-4 10, Kayla Johnson 0 0 1-4 1, Crisshanon Dukes 0 0 0-0 0, Jayden Brewer 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 6 3 5-9 30. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.

SOUTH POINT (12-10): Brayden Hanshaw 5 1 4-6 17, Davon Lewis 1 0 0-0 2, Ethan Hunt 1 2 0-0 8, Austin Evans 0 0 0-0 0, Kolton Layman Spurlock 1 0 2-2 4, Landon Vance 1 0 4-6 6, Ethan Layne 0 4 0-0 12. Totals: 9 7 10-14 49. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None.