LATHAM -

It was skin tight.

After giving up 32 points in the first half, the Green Lady Bobcats tightened their defense in the second half and beat the Western Pike Indians 55-38 Thursday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

"Our defense tightened up the second half," Green coach Melissa Knapp said. "We just got off to a slow start and Western shot the ball pretty well the first half. We picked it up the second half."

Leigh Ann Williams scored 8 points in the first quarter as Green went up 17-13.

Western outscored Green 19-9 in the third quarter and took a 32-26 lead.

But Williams got 7 more points in the third quarter and the game was tied 39-39.

Elista Hall raced up 7 points in the fourth quarter as Green pulled away to the win.

Williams led all scorers with 18 points. Hall had 16 points for Green, 5-2 overall and 4-2 in the SOC.

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GREEN (5-2, 4-2):

Jessica Dyer 3 0 0-1 6, Traci Elrod 1 0 2-6 4, Elista Hall 3 2 4-6 16, Kortney Pfleger 2 0 2-4

6, Heidi Tackett 2 0 1-3 5, Leigh Ann Williams 8 0 2-2 18, Shay Richendollar 0 0 0-0 0, Brittany Tackett 0 0 0-0 0, Britnee Fuller 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19

2

11-22

55. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None.

WESTERN PIKE (4-4, 2-3):

Lisa Franzen 3 0 1-6 7, Megan Williamson 3 1 0-0 9, Natasha Pence 2 1 1-2 8, Kaylee Helton 3 0 4-6 10, Holly Mullett 1 0 0-0 2, Sarah Stratman 1 0 0-2 2, Kayla Gragge 0 0 0-0, Callie McMahan 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13

2

6-16

38. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None.