FRANKLIN FURNACE – The Green Lady Bobcats not only finished what they started, they finished in grand fashion.

Tuesday, January 22, 2002

FRANKLIN FURNACE – The Green Lady Bobcats not only finished what they started, they finished in grand fashion.

Leading by just five points, Green scored 23 points the fourth quarter and beat the Beaver Eastern Lady Eagles 54-41 Monday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

"We had a strong fourth quarter, and we had 12 turnovers to their 26, so that was a major difference," Green coach Melissa Knapp said.

Green improved to 8-6 overall and 7-2 in the SOC.

Megan Tackett scored a game-high 24 points to pace Green. She also had two assists and seven steals.

Samantha Jenkins added 13 points and 10 rebounds while Leigh Ann Williams also pulled down 10 rebounds.

The game was tied 7-7 after the first quarter. Tackett then scored eight points the second quarter as Green took a 20-15 halftime lead.

Each team scored 11 points the third quarter and it was 31-26. But with Jenkins scoring seven points and Tackett six, Green outscored Eastern 23-15 to get the win.

Jesse Osborne had 17 points to lead Eastern.

Eastern 7 8 11 15 – 41

Green 7 13 11 23 – 54

BEAVER EASTERN: Kristen Roberts 1 1 2-4 7, Jesse Osborne 7 0 3-4 17, Jessica Edgell 1 0 3-6 5, Rebecca Day 1 0 2-3 4, Kayla Ison 1 0 0-0 2, Jessica Howard 2 0 2-2 6, Stephanie Michael 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 1 12-19 41. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None.

GREEN (8-6, 7-2): Amber Spears 1 0 0-0 2, Meagan Pierce 2 1 1-4 8, Samantha Jenkins 6 0 1-2 13, Megan Tackett 8 0 8-13 24, Leigh Ann Williams 2 1 0-0 7, Tara Skaggs 0 0 0-0 0, Brittany Tackett 0 0 0-0 0, Jackie Dyer 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 2 10-20 54. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 31 (Jenkins 10, Williams 10). Assists: 4 (M. Tackett 2). Steals: 12 (M. Tackett 7). Turnovers: 12.

Symmes Valley 37, South Gallia 21

MERCERVILLE – When one goes down, one steps up.

With starter Jessica Myers missing due to an illness, freshman Lisa Floyd filled in well as the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings beat the South Gallia Lady Rebels 37-21 Monday in a non-league game.

"Jessica Myers was sick, so we put Lisa Floyd in and she held Holly Haner to seven points, and she had six rebounds and nine points. She really stepped it up," Lady Vikings coach Lisa Bryant said.

Keren Bell led the Vikings with 15 points ,13 rebounds, and four steals.

After a slow start by both teams that had the Vikings up 3-2 as the end of the first quarter, Bell scored seven points the second quarter and Symmes Valley went up 19-12 at the half.

Symmes Valley outscored South Gallia 11-to-1 the third quarter and coasted to the win.

"We’ve played better as a team the past couple of games and we played good defense tonight," Bryant said.

The Lady Vikings hosts Portsmouth Notre Dame Thursday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

Sym. Valley 3 16 11 7 – 37

South Gallia 2 10 1 8 – 21

SYMMES VALLEY (6-7): Keren Bell 6 0 3-5 15, Dusty Martin 1 0 0-0 2, Jessica Slagle 1 0 0-0 2, Anna Bodmer 1 0 0-1 2, Leslie Floyd 3 0 3-6 9, Ginny Young 1 0 0-1 2, Cassie Myers 2 0 0-0 4, Shauna Rose 0 0 1-2 1. Totals: 15-43 0 7-15 37. Fouls: 10-12=22. Fouled out: Slagle. Rebounds: 36 (Bell 13, Floyd 6). Assists: 6 (Young 2, Floyd 2). Steals: 20 (Bell 4, Martin 4, Young 3). Turnovers: 13.

SOUTH GALLIA: Holly Haner 2 0 3-9 7, J. Sellure 1 0 3-3 5, H. Temple 0 0 1-3 1, T. Pelphrey 0 0 1-2 1, C. Mannon 0 0 3-4 3, A. Condee 2 0 0-2 4. Totals: 5 0 12-23 21. Fouls: 9-8=17. Fouled out: Pelphrey.