Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Notre Dame Lady Titans know how to get their work done early.
For the second straight night, the Lady Titans jumped out to a big first half lead and then coasted to a win as they beat the St. Joseph Lady Flyers 54-23 in a Southern Ohio Conference game on Thursday.
“Notre Dame is just a really good team. They just beat us,” said Lady Flyers’ coach Bart Burcham.
“Hopefully, we learned something and we’ll go back to work and move on.”
Notre Dame (6-0, 4-0) bolted to a 28-7 first quarter lead Ava Hassel scored 7 points and Taylor Schmidt and Lauren Campbell had 6 points each.
The Lady Titans outscored the Lady Flyers 17-4 in the second quarter Hassel hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 8points and Claire Dettwiller scored all 6 of her points and it was 41-11 at the half.
Hassell finished with 17 points and Schmidt got 12.
Faith Mahlmeister had 7 points and 4 rebounds while Bella Whaley grabbed 8 rebounds and Gracie Damron pulled down 7 more.
St. Joseph visits New Boston on Monday.
St. Joseph 7 4 4 8 = 23
Notre Dame 24 17 8 5 = 54
ST. JOSEPH (3-1, 2-1): Kaitlyn Sheridan 1 0 1-2 3, Faith Mahlmeister 3 0 1-2 7, Emma Whaley 0 0 0-0 0, Bella Whaley 2 0 1-2 5, Chloe Sheridan 1 0 1-2 3, Kerri Jenkins 0 0 0-0 0, Gracie Damron 2 0 1-3 5, Aubrey Sutton 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 0 5-11 23. Rebounds: 28 (B. Whaley 8, Damron 7, Mahlmeister 4, Sutton 4). Assists: 5 (K. Sheridan 2, B. Whaley 2). Turnovers: 14. Fouls: 6. Fouled out: None.
PORTSMOUTH NOTRE DAME (6-0, 4-0): Charlee Lansing 0 0 0-0 0, Taylor Schmidt 3 2 0-0 12, Ava Hassel 5 2 1-1 17, Cassie Schaefer 0 1 0-0 3, Olivia Smith 1 0 0-0 2, Annie Dettwiller 2 0 0-1 4, Claire Dettwiller 2 0 2-4 6, Isabel Cassidy 0 0 1-2 1, Kamryn Bradford 0 1 0-0 3, Madison Brown 0 0 0-0 0, Ashley Holtgrewe 0 0 0-0 0, Lauren Campbell 3 0 0-0 6. Totals: 16 6 4-8 54. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None.