By JIM WALKER

Tribune Sports Editor

SCIOTOVILLE — The defensive plan worked. It was the offense that didn’t.

The St. Joseph Female Flyers executed their game plan on defense but couldn’t find the basket on offense in a 42-23 loss to the Sciotoville East Lady Tartans Wednesday.

“Our kids played with a lot of effort and they played good defense. They executed our game plan on defense really well,” said Female Flyers’ coach Nick Miller.

“We limited (Meghan) Williams and (Toni) Lang, but they spread it around on offense and we just couldn’t score. We had some opportunities but didn’t hit the shots and we had some turnovers.”

St. Joseph (2-1) managed just two points in the first and fourth quarters as they struggled to make close range shots.

East led 9-2 after the first quarter and 19-11 at the half. The Lady Tartans were up 33-21 after three quarters.

Katie Hacker scored seven points, Molly Miller five and Sarah Neal four to pace St. Joseph.

Willaims had 11 points and Sierra Dingus eight to lead East.

The Female Flyers host Harvest Christian on Thursday, Jan. 6.

St. Joseph 2 9 10 2 = 23

Sciotoville East 9 10 14 9 = 42

SAINT JOSEPH (2-1): Haley Glockner 0 0 0-0 0, Sarah Goebel 1 0 1-3 3, Katie Hacker 3 0 1-2 7, Katie Compston 0 0 0-0 0, Molly Miller 2 0 1-4 5, Sarah Neal 0 0 4-4 4, Becca Patrick 2 0 0-0 4, Glennie Hopkins 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 8 0 7-13 23. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.

SCIOTOVILLE EAST (3-5): Tiffany Craft 1 0 0-0 2, Brittany Swords 1 0 1-4 3, Meghan Williams 2 2 1-2 11, Emily Howard 1 0 1-2 3, Sam Norwood 1 1 0-0 5, Torri Kelly 3 0 0-0 6, Sierra Dingus 4 0 0-2 8, Toni Lang 2 0 0-0 4, Jessie Monroe 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 3 3-10 42. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: None.