LANTHAM — Playing .500 percentage ball is okay in most instances, but not in a basketball game.

The Green Lady Bobcats only played well for half the game as they lost a 53-48 heartbreaker to the Western Lady Indians Thursday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

“We just didn’t play well,” Green coach Dale Royse said. “Defensively, we didn’t do a bad job. Offensively, we just struggled.”

Elista Hall had a solid all-around performance for Green with 12 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals. Shay Richendollar added 11 points and Heidi Tackett pulled down 9 rebounds.

Kaylee Helton had a game-high 28 points to lead Western Pike. Shara Stratman scored 15.

Helton scored 9 points in the first quarter as Western went in front 11-10 over the Lady Bobcats.

In the second quarter, Helton came back to fire in 10 more points as the Lady Indians pulled away to a 26-16 halftime lead.

Green struggle with its offense again in the third quarter with a second straight single-digit scoring output and fell behind 38-25.

The Lady Bobcats came storming back in the fourth quarter to outscore Western 23-15 but couldn’t overcome the Lady Indians.

Green plays at 6 p.m. Monday at Symmes Valley in a varsity-only SOC game.

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GREEN (3-4, 2-3): Ali Thompson 1 0 0-0 2, Adrianne Blankenship 4 0 0-0 8, Elista Hall 5 0 2-2 12, Abbey Barrett 2 00-0 4, Ashlee Runyon 0 1 0-0 3, Heidi Tackett 3 0 2-4 8, Shay Richendollar 1 3 0-0 11. Totals: 16

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4-6

48. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: Blankenship, Barrett. Rebounds: 10-23=33 (Hall 11, Tackett 9). Turnover 14, Steals: 10 (Hall 4). Assists: 6 (Hall 3).

WESTERN PIKE (NA): Kayla Gragg 0 0 1-2 1, Tessa Gragg 2 0 0-0 4, Kaylee Helton 4 3 11-18 28, Samantha Darling 0 0 0-2 0, Tabby Riley 2 0 1-2 5, Shara Stratman 4 1 4-6 15. Totals: 12

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17-30

53. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None.