COAL GROVE - Taking a page out of the football team's playbook, the Coal Grove Lady Hornets did a double team on the St. Joseph Female Flyers.

Chelsea Markins and Tracy Tackett combined for 41 points as the Lady Hornets downed the Female Flyers 46-38 Thursday.

Markins had a game-high 26 points and Tackett added 15 points as Coal Grove ran its record to 3-0.

"Chelsey Markins had a good game. She stole the ball in the press and hit some shots. Tracy hit some free throws down the stretch. Our guards did a nice job," Coal Grove coach Nick Miller said.

Christina Harvey scored 24 points for St. Joseph.

"St. Joe has improved. Harvey did a nice job for them offensively and on the boards. They'll win some games," Miller said.

Coal Grove raced ahead 12-2 to start the game only to have St. Joseph close the gap to 12-8 at the end of the first quarter.

"We've had some kids sick and we had to use a lot of players earlier than we wanted," Miller said. "We didn't have a real good flow."

Tackett had 8 points in the first half and the Lady Hornets held a 21-16 lead.

Markins scored 10 of Coal Grove's 14 points in the third quarter but Harvey had 7 of her own to keep the Flyers within 35-26.

Harvey - who scored 17 points the second half - got 10 points in the fourth quarter as St. Joseph began to rally. But Coal Grove converted 5 of 8 from the line with Tackett making 3 of 5 down the stretch to seal the win.

St. Joseph881012-38

Coal Grove1291411-46

IRONTON ST. JOSEPH (0-3):

Sarah Webb 0 1 0-0 3, Mallory Hasenauer 1 0 1-2 3, Christina Harvey 9 0 6-8 24, Kathryn Laber 0 0 0-0 0, Austin Clyse 0 0 0-0 0, Raven Blake 2 0 2-2 6, Lindsay Dressel 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 13

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9-12

38. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: None.COAL GROVE (3-0):

Samantha Zornes 0 0 0-0 0, Kayla Lawless 0 0 0-0 0, Holli Swarts 0 0 3-4 3, Kristin Lawless 0 0 0-0 0, Courtney Moore 0 0 0-0 0, Shana Klaiber 0 0 0-0 0, Jill Lovejoy 0 0 0-1 0, Tracy Tackett 5 0 5-7 15, Maggie Young 1 0 0-2 2, Chelsea Markins 7 3 3-4 26, Samantha Hall 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13

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11-18

46. Fouls: 15.

Fouled out: None.