BEAVER — The Eastern Eagles jumped out to a 15-point first half lead and went on to beat the Symmes Valley Vikings 63-35 on Friday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

“It was the same old story. They shot the ball really well the first half. They have two nice shooters,” said Vikings’ coach Jerome Fuller.

“We did a nice job defending in the second half but we couldn’t make a layup. We have to be able to convert on the offensive end.”

Chad Lands hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points to pace the Eagles who are now atop the SOC at 4-0 and 5-3 overall.

Tyler Rowe scored 9 points to lead the Vikings (4-5, 3-1).

Eastern led 18-13 at the end of the first quarter but then scored 24 points in the second quarter to build a 42-27 halftime lead.

Symmes Valley struggled offensively in the second half. The Vikings managed just 4 points in each the third and fourth quarters.

Sym. Valley 13 14 4 4 = 35

Eastern 18 24 7 14 = 63

SYMMES VALLEY (4-5, 3-1): Alec Herrell 2 0 0-0 4, Zane Wheeler 0 1 0-0 3, Dylan Pelletier 0 0 0-0 0, D.J. Miller 0 1 0-0 3, Tyler Wilson 1 0 0-0 2, Tanner Conley 1 0 0-0 2, Austin Baldwin 3 0 0-0 6, Mitch Corn 3 0 0-0 6, Tyler Rowe 4 0 1-2 9, Lane Wilson 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16-53 1-2 35. 3-point goals: 2-13. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 30 (Rowe 9). Turnovers: 15. Steals: 7 (Miller 2, Baldwin 2). Blocked shots: 2 (Baldwin 2). Assists: 9 (Rowe 3, Miller 2).

BEAVER EASTERN (5-3, 4-0): Aaron Satterfield 2 2 0-2 10, Alex Phipps 1 0 0-0 2, Chad Lands 4 4 2-3 22, Zach Babst 1 0 3-3 5, Blake Roberts 1 0 4-4 6, Tavarus Pickett 3 0 4-4 10, Billy Lykins 3 0 1-2 7, Brandon Murphy 0 0 1-2 1. Totals: 15 6 15-20 63. Fouls: 5. Fouled out: None.