By Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

FRANKLIN FURNACE — It was tune-up time.

The Green Lady Bobcats beat the New Boston Lady Tigers 64-31 in a Southern Ohio Conference 1 to head into Monday’s showdown at Portsmouth Notre Dame.

Green is 15-1 overall and 5-0 in the conference. The Lady Bobcats can win the league title outright with a victory. Notre Dame needs a win to share the title with Green.

Matti Hayslip drilled a pair of 3-pointers and scored 7 points with Abbie Knapp scored 11 points and Green built an 18-9 first quarter lead.

Arenda Gosselin scored 7 of New Boston’s 9 points in the quarter.

Knapp scored 6 points, Elizabeth McBee had 4 points and Addison Blizzard hit a 3-pointer as the lead went to 31-19 at the half.

Gosselin hit a 3-pointer and scored 7 points while Brooklyn Boyer added a trey for the Lady Tigers in the second quarter.

Mylee Brown and Ava Abrams had 3-pointers while Hayslip and Knapp combined to make 5 of 6 at the foul line and the lead was 42-26.

Green put the game away in the fourth quarter as Knapp pumped in 8 points, Hayslip hit a trey and scored 5 points and Brown added 4 points as the Lady Bobcats outscored New Boston 20-5.

Knapp finished with a game-high 28 points with Hayslip scoring 14.

Gosselin scored 20 points for New Boston (6-11, 2-4).

New Boston    9 10 7 5 = 31

Green           18 13 13 20 = 64

NEW BOSTON (6-11, 2-4): Julie Maynard 0 0 0-0 0, Arenda Gosselin 5 2 4-8 20, Justina Williams 1 0 0-0 2, Kaelyn Tabor 0 0 0-0 0, Hayden Stone 1 0 0-0 2, Brooklyn Curnette 0 0 0-0 0, Bella Mustein 0 0 0-0 0, Brooklyn Boyer 1 1 2-2 7. Totals: 8 3 6-10 31. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.

GREEN (15-1, 5-0): Addison Blizzard 0 2 0-0 6, Mylee Hunt 1 0 0-0 2, Miranda Hunt 0 0 0-0 0, Elizabeth McBee 2 0 0-0 4, Bailei Antonera 0 0 0-0 0, Mylee Brown 1 2 0-0 7,  Ava Abrams 0 1 0-0 3, Matti Hayslip 1 3 3-4 14, Abbie Knapp 11 0 6-9 28. Totals: 17 7 9-13 64. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None.

Portsmouth 65

Rock Hill 20

PORTSMOUTH — Daysha Reid scored 29 points as the unbeaten Portsmouth Lady Trojans beat the Rock Hill Redwomen 65-20 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday.

Reid hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 points as Portsmouth raced to a 27-5 first quarter lead.

Reid scored 7 more points in the second quarter as the lead grew to 43-8 at the half.

Hayden Carter had 4 points with Keke Woods and Reid each hitting 3-pointers and it was 58-17 after three quarters.

J’lynn Risner scored 11 points to lead Rock Hill (6-12, 1-10).

Rock Hill    5 3 7 5 = 20

Portsmouth 27 16 15 7 = 65

ROCK HILL (6-12, 1-10): Myles Bailey 0 1 2-2 5, Samantha Bamer 0 0 0-0 0, Abigail Payne 0 0 2-2 2, Haylee Dancy 1 0 0-0 2, J’lynn Risner 3 0 5-7 11, Kassidy Lyons 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 4 1 9-11 20. Fouls: 4. Fouled out: None.

PORTSMOUTH (19-0, 13-0): Sienna Allen 3 0 0-0 6, Salem Allen 1 0 0-0 2, Daysha Reid 8 4 1-2 29, KeKe Woods 3 1 0-0 9, Hayven Carter 4 0 0-0 8, Bry Shannon 0 1 0-0 3, K.K. Mays 0 0 1-2 1, Savannah Cantrell 2 0 0-0 4. Totals: 21 7 2-4 65. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: Shannon.

OVC Girls Standings

AllOVC

Portsmouth 19 0 13 0

Fairland 15 3 10 1

Chesapeake 11 8 5 7

South Point 10 8 5 7

Gallipolis 8 10 5 7

Ironton 7 11 4 7

Coal Grove 8 10 4 8

Rock Hill 8 12 1 10