By JIM WALKER

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

CHESAPEAKE — A grinder is a sandwich much like a Hero sandwich only harder to chew.

That would explain why South Point Pointers coach Travis Wise referred to his team’s 48-47 Ohio Valley Conference win on Friday as a grinder.

“That’s one of those games where we had to grind it out. Chesapeake always tries to control the temp. They made it tough on us but a win is a win,” said Wise.

Maddox Kazee scored 6 points in the first quarter as Chesapeake took a slim 11-10 lead. Caleb Lovely scored 8 of the Pointers’ 10 points in the quarter.

The Pointers Brayden Hanshaw had 6 points and Lovely was 4-of-4 at the line as South Point rallied in the second quarter to take a 24-20 halftime lead.

Four different players scored in the second quarter for the Panthers..

Braxton Oldaker hit a 3-pointer and Jacob Skeens went 4-of-4 at the foul line as Chesapeake outscored the Pointers 13-9  in the third quarter to tie the game at 33-all.

The Pointers outscored the Panthers 15-14 in the fourth quarter as Lovely hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 8 points and Xathan Haney also drilled a 3-pointer.

Kazee had 6 more points as five different players scored for the Panthers in the quarter.

Lovely had a game-high 20 points to go with 2 assists and 2 steals. Hanshaw had 10 points and 8 rebounds.

Kazee scored 14 points to pace the Panthers.

South Point    10 14 9 15 = 48

Chesapeake 11 9 13 14 = 47

SOUTH POINT (2-2, 2-0): Caleb Lovely 4 2 6-8 20, Carter Smith 2 0 2-2 6, Elijah Wilburn 1 0 1-2 3, Xathan Haney 1 1 0-0 5, Josh Childers 1 0 0-0 2, Ethan Layne 0 0 0-0 0, Brayden Hanshaw 5 0 0-0 10, Davon Lewis 0 0 0-0 0, Jalyn Anderson 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 18-39 9-12 48. 3-pt goals: 3-9. Rebounds: 23 (Hanshaw 8, Childers 4). Assists: 5 (Lovely 2, Lewis 2). Steals: 5 (Lovely 2, Wilburn 2). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: Smith, Haney.

CHESAPEAKE (1-2, 0-2): Ethan kerns 1 0 0-0 2, Drew Plantz 2 0 3-4 7, Dannie Maynard 0 0 4-4 4, Kaiden Harris 1 0 2-2 4, Philip Thacker 2 0 1-2 5, Maddox Kazee 6 0 2-3 14, Braxton Oldaker 1 1 0-0 5, Jacob Skeens 1 0 4-4 6. Totals: 14 1 16-18 47. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None.