RACINE — Leading from start to finish, the Tornadoes dominated Tuesday night’s contest against the South Gallia Rebels to improve to 2-0 on the early season. With the 83-49 loss, South Gallia drops to 1-2 on the year.

Southern came out firing in the first, scoring 23 points to take a 12 point first quarter lead, 23-11. Southern continued to shoot well, again putting up 23 in the second quarter of play. By the half, Southern had extended their lead to 19 points, outscoring the Rebels 23-16 in the second quarter.

Southern continued their up tempo play into the third quarter, with their highest scoring quarter, putting an additional 26 on the board, while holding South Gallia to 13.

The fourth quarter saw a combined 20 points, as the hosts put up 11, and South Gallia scored nine.

The Tornadoes shot over 48 percent on the night, going 34-70 from the field on the night. South Gallia was 17-48 from the field, for a 35 percent shooting night. The Tornadoes had six three pointers, while the Rebels had four.

The hosts out rebounded South Gallia 43 to 25 in the contest. Southern had 19 assists to seven for the Rebels. The Tornadoes had 20 steals compared to five for South Gallia. Southern also won the turnover battle by a seven turnover margin.

Michael Manuel led the way for the Tornadoes on the night, scoring 21 points, grabbing nine rebounds, and adding four steals. Taylor Deem scored 15 points on the night and Zach Manuel added 13. Cyle Rees had a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists in the game and four steals. Dustin Salser had nine points and seven rebounds, Ethan Martin added seven points and four steals, Andrew Roseberry had six points, and Marcus Hill rounded out the scoring with one point.

South Gallia was led in scoring by Dalton Matney with 16 points. Matt Hall scored nine points, Brandon Harrison added seven points, Danny Matney had six points, A.J. McDaniel added four points, Bryce Clary had two points, and Austin Phillips had one point.

Southern won the junior varsity contest with a close 39-37 victory over the Rebels. Southern was led in scoring by Marcus Hill with 12 points and South Gallia was led by Jaylan Nolan with 13 points.

Southern travels to Waterford on Friday for a TVC Hocking matchup with the jv tip off set for 6:30. South Gallia hosts Rock Hill on Friday with a 6 p.m. start time.

Southern 83, South Gallia 49

South Gallia 11 16 13 9 — 49

Southern 23 23 26 11 — 83

SOUTH GALLIA (1-2): Jaylan Nolan 0 0-0 0, Austin Phillips 0 1-2 1, Matt Hall 4 0-0 9, Brandon Harrison 1 5-7 7, Levi Ellis 2 0-0 4, Michael Parcell 0 0-0 0, Bryce Clary 1 0-0 2, Cody Rhodes 0 0-0 0, A.J. McDaniel 1 2-2 4, Danny Matney 2 0-0 6, Dalton Matney 6 3-3 16. TOTALS: 17 11-14 49. Three-point goals: 4 (Danny Matney 2, Dalton Matney, Hall).

SOUTHERN (2-0): Cyle Rees 5 1-2 11, Dustin Salser 2 4-5 9, Taylor Deem 5 2-2 15, Colby Roseberry 3 0-0 6, Ethan Martin 3 0-0 7, Andrew Roseberry 3 0-0 6, Michael Manuel 10 0-0 21. Marcus Hill 0 1-2 1, Zach Manuel 6 1-1 13, Daniel Jenkins 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 34 9-14 83. Three-point goals: 6 (Deem 3, Salser, Martin, Michael Manuel).