COAL GROVE - Now that's getting off on the right foot.

The Coal Grove Lady Hornets opened up a comfortable halftime lead and coasted to a lopsided 64-30 season opening win over the Portsmouth Notre Dame Lady Titans on Saturday.

"It's always nice to win that first game," Lady Hornets coach Nick Miller said. "It got a little sloppy at times, but you expect that the first time out."

Samantha Hall and Chelsea Markins scored 17 points each to lead the Lady Hornets. Maggie Young added 8 points.

Maggie Cardosi had 9 points, Chrissy Glockner 8 and Heather Lansing 7 to pace the Lady Titans.

Hall scored 8 points and Markins 5 in the first quarter as Coal Grove took a 15-8 lead.

The defense held Notre Dame to 6 points in the second quarter and Markins scored 5 more points including her second 3-pointer as the lead grew to 28-14 at halftime.

Hall had 6 points in the third quarter as Coal Grove opened up a 46-20 cushion and Miller emptied his bench.

Coal Grove plays at Piketon on Tuesday.

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PORTSMOUTH NOTRE DAME (0-1):

Astra Ng 0 0 0-0 0, Heather Lansing 3 0 1-2 7, Heather Chatfield 0 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Hartlage 3 0 0-0 6, Chrissy Glockner 4 0 0-0 8, Kandra Sparks 0 0 0-0 0, Maggie Cardosi 4 0 1-2 9, Kegley Hartlage 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14

0

2-4

30. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.

COAL GROVE (1-0):

Samantha Zornes 2 0 0-0 4, Holli Swarts 2 0 2-3 6, Jill Lovejoy 0 0 0-2 0, Chelsea Markins 3 3 2-2 17, Samantha Hall 6 0 5-6 17, Tiffany Wallace 1 0 2-4 4, Caymie Collier 0 0 0-0 0, Shana Klaiber 0 0 0-0 0, Kristin Lemon 0 0 0-0 0, Tiffany Tackett 2

0-0 4, Brittany Harrison 2 0 0-0 4, Maggie Young 4 0 0-1 8. Totals: 22

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9-16

64. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.