The Green Lady Bobcats got behind the 8-ball and never could find the side pocket.

Green fell behind early and never recovered in a 42-29 Southern Ohio Conference loss to the Portsmouth Clay Lady Panthers on Monday.

The Lady Bobcats’ struggles were rooted in an 11-for-50 shooting performance or just 22 percent.

“We got behind and could never get going. We never got back from where we needed,” said Green coach Dale Royse.

After falling behind 12-3 in the first quarter, Green got within six points in the second quarter before Clay was able to pull back out to a 22-13 halftime lead.

“We’ll battled back, we just couldn’t get over the hump,” said Royse.

“We played hard. (Gidget) Timberman played well. She created a lot of havoc and gave us a chance to get back in the game, but we would turn the ball over.”

Adrianne Blankenship scored 13 points and had eight rebounds to lead Green (5-4, 4-2). Lauren Jones grabbed 12 rebounds.

Katie Wheeler had 18 points and Dani Summers 13 for Clay.

Ports. Clay 12 10 11 9 = 42

Green 3 10 8 8 = 29

PORTSMOUTH CLAY (NA): Katherine Bauer 1 0 0-0 2, Katie Wheeler 9 0 0-0 18, Dani Summers 5 1 0-0 13, Morgan Jackson 1 0 1-2 3, Holly Hempill 3 0 0-3 6. Totals: 19 1 1-5 42. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.

GREEN (5-4, 4-2): Ashlee Runyon 0 2 0-2 6, Adrianne Blankenship 3 2 1-4 13, Lauren Jones 2 0 1-6 5, Abbey Barrett 2 0 1-3 5, Breanna Johnson 0 0 0-0 0, Gidget Timberman 0 0 0-0 0, Hannah Collett 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11-50 2-13 29. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: Barrett. 3-point goals: 4-12. Rebounds: 29 (Jones 12, Blankenship 8). Assists: 5 (Blankenship 3). Steals: 8 (Blankenship 4). Turnovers: 15.