The heat is on.

The Coal Grove Lady Hornets turned up the heat with a man-to-man pressure defense that shut down the South Gallia Lady Rebels 63-32 on Monday in a non-league game.

“We played well defensively,” said Lady Hornets coach Nick Miller. “We pressured them really well. This is a good time of the year to be playing well.”

Jordyn Cox led the Lady Hornets with 29 points including five 3-pointers. Chelsea Delong had 17 points while Taylor Sexton added nine.

Miller praised the team effort including senior point guard Abby Nance.

“Abby Nance didn’t score, but she had a great floor game. She set up kids under the basket all night,” said Miller.

Coal Grove jumped on South Gallia (10-5) in the first quarter as Delong scored 10 points and Cox had seven to take a 21-9 lead.

Coal Grove (12-3) held South Gallia to just two free throws in the second quarter while Cox scored nine more points and the lead was 38-11 at the half.

In the third quarter, Cox scored six points as the Lady Hornets extended their lead to 54-22.

Jasmine Waugh had seven points to lead South Gallia.

South Gallia 9 2 11 10 = 32

Coal Grove 21 17 16 9 = 63

SOUTH GALLIA (10-5): Courtney Blackburn 0 1 0-2 3, Stephanie Sebastian 0 0 0-0 0, Lindsay Johnson 0 0 0-0 0, Jennifer Sheridan 2 0 2-2 6, Taylor Duncan 2 0 0-2 4, Chandra Canaday 1 0 0-0 2, Jasmine Waugh 3 0 1-2 7, Hailee Swain 1 0 2-3 4, Natasha Adkins 1 0 4-8 6, Natasha Adkins 0 0 0-0 0, Morgan Gilliland 0 0 0-0, Chelsea Johnson 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10 1 9-19 32. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.

COAL GROVE (12-3): Abby Nance 0 0 0-0 0, Rikki Boothe 1 0 0-0 2, Hope Ratcliff 0 0 0-0 0, Marissa Stevens 0 0 0-3 0, Kelli McMackin 0 0 1-3 1, Katie Harrison 0 0 0-0 0, Danielle Carpenter 2 0 1-4 5, Jordyn Cox 7 5 0-0 29, Taylor Sexton 1 2 1-2 9, Chelsea Delong 5 2 1-3 17, Kim Hanshaw 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 9 4-15 63. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Nance.

RESERVES: Coal Grove 27, South Gallia 18. CG scoring: Hope Ratcliff 12 points.