COAL GROVE — Good starts can lead to good things.

In the case of the Coal Grove Lady Hornets, a good start led to a good win as they rolled past the New Boston Lady Tigers 78-53 Saturday in a non-conference game.

“We played pretty well the first half and got off to a good start. We tried to play a lot of people the second half and that made it hard to maintain our intensity,” Lady Hornets coach Nick Miller said.

Samantha Hall led the Lady Hornets with a game-high 27 points. Chelsea Markins had a strong game with 20 points while Brittany Harrison had 11 points.

Kayla Wiley scored 15 points and Jessica Waugh 10 for New Boston.

Harrison and Hall had six points each in the first quarter as Coal Grove jumped on the Lady Tigers 23-12.

Markins and Hall scored nine points each in the second quarter as the Lady Hornets extended their lead to 46-28.

After coming out sluggish and scoring only nine points in the third quarter, the Lady Hornets outscored New Boston 23-10 in the fourth quarter.

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NEW BOSTON (8-7): Kimberly Harding 0 0 0-0 0, Tasha Buckley 4 0 1-3 9, Kaylie McCreary 1 0 0-2 2, Tiffany Euton 0 0 0-0 0, Brittany Bloomfield 2 2 2-6 12, Sabrina Taylor 0 0 0-0 0, Jessica Waugh 3 1 1-2 10, Kara McCreary 0 1 4-4 7, Tiffany Hosey 0 0 0-0 0, Kayla Wiley 2 0 9-9 15. Totals: 12

4

17-26

53. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None.

COAL GROVE (13-3): Tiffany Wallace 2 0 0-0 4, Samantha Zornes 1 0 0-0 2, Caymie Collier 0 0 0-0 0, Brittany Harrison 5 0 1-2 11, Jordyn Cox 1 2 0-2 8, Taylor Sexton 0 0 0-0 0, Traci Tackett 1 0 0-0 2, Maggie Young 0 0 2-4 2, Chelsea Markins 3 2 8-9 20, Samantha Hall 11 0 5-5 27, Ashley Thacker 1 0 0-0 2, Danielle Carpenter 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 24

4

16-22

78. Fouls: 17, Fouled out: None.

RESERVES: Coal Grove 27, New Boston 18. CG scoring: Danielle Carpenter 9. NB scoring: Tiffany Euton 8.