Symmes Valley Lady Vikings coach Lisa Bryant is beginning to see some light.

"We are starting to get better with each and every game," Bryant said after the Lady Vikings beat the St. Joseph Female Flyers 41-22 Monday to even their record at 2-2.

"We are still making young mistakes, which I knew would happen early in the season. We had

our opportunities, but with this young team, we have to learn from our mistakes and improve each game," Bryant said.

Anna Bodmer had 12 points, six steals, and three assists for the Lady Vikings. Shauna Rose also had 12 points and pulled down nine rebounds.

Symmes Valley was 20 of 59 from the field for 32 percent, and just 1 of 6 from the line. However, the Lady Vikings had just 13 turnovers.

Christina Harvey had a game-high

16 points for the Female Flyers.

Symmes Valley led just 6-4 at the end of the first quarter. Rose and Bodmer scored 4 points each the second quarter to offset 6 points by Harvey for a 17-12 halftime lead.

The Lady Vikings then outscored St. Joseph 18-4 the third quarter to open up a 35-16 lead.

"Our shots started to fall and our defense created turnovers to help us finally pull away," Bryant said.

Sym. Valley611186--41

St. Joseph4846--22

SYMMES VALLEY (2-2):

Anna Bodmer 6 0 0-0 12, Ashley Crawford 1 0 0-2 2, Leslie Floyd 2 0 1-1 5, Shauna Rose 6 0 0-3 12, Rebecca Capper 4 0 0-0 8, Brittney Wilson 0 0 0-0 0, Kayla McCarty 0 0 0-0 0, Bridgette Thompson 0 0 0-0 0, Ashley Wilson 0 0 0-0 0, Megan Coomes 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 20-59

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1-6

39. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 28 (Rose 9). Steals: 16 (Bodmer 6, Rose 4). Assists: Bodmer 3. Turnovers: 13.

ST. JOSEPH:

Katie Roberts 0 0 0-0 0, Sarah Webb 2 0 0-0 4, Mallory Hasenauer 1 0 0-0 2, Christina Harvey 7 0 2-5 16, Angie Chandler 0 0 0-0 0, Kathryn Laber 0 0 0-0 0, Amelia Bryant 0 0 0-0 0, Sarah Harmon 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10

0

2-5

22. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None.

Eastern 64, Green 38

FRANKLIN FURNACE -- A bad start led to a bad night.

The Green Lady Bobcats fell behind 22-4 the first quarter and never recovered as they lost 64-38 to the Beaver Eastern Lady Eagles Monday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

"We couldn't make anything. The first quarter blew us away. We could never recover," Green coach Melissa Knapp said.

"Eastern was quick and very good at pushing the ball up the floor, and we just didn't get back. We weren't ready to play."

Samantha Jenkins had 10 points and Meagan Pierce 8 to lead Green, 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the SOC.

Rebecca Day scored 17 points as three Eastern players reached double figures. Jessie Osborne scored 15 and Kayla Ison 10.

Green plays at Sciotoville East Thursday in a league game.

Eastern22151116--64

Green4101212--38

BEAVER EASTERN:

Jessie Osborne 4 1 4-6 15, Jessica Howard 4 0 0-0 8, Kristin Roberts 0 0 3-10 3, Kayla Ison 5 0 0-0 10, Rebecca Day 6 0 5-5 17, Jessica Edgell 2 0 0-0 4, Stephanie Michael 2 0 1-3 5, Kayla Tackett 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 24

1

13-24

64. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Osborne, Edgell.

GREEN (3-1, 2-1):

Amber Spears 1 0 0-0 2, Jessica Dyer 1 0 0-0 2, Amanda Hurst 0 0 0-2 0, Samantha Jenkins 4 0 2-5 10, Meagan Pierce 3 0 2-5 8, Brittany Tackett 2 0 0-1 4, Chelsea Pierce 1 0 2-2 4, Leigh Ann Williams 1 0 3-8 5, Alisha Phipps 0 1 0-0 3, Tara Skaggs 0 0 0-0 0, Tracie Elrod 0 0 0-0 0. Tracy Pennington 0 0 0-0 0, Jackie Dyer 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14

1

9-22

38. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: None.