WILLOW WOOD - Patience is a great virtue. It's also a good way to win a basketball game.

The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings used a patient offense in the fourth quarter to pull away from the St. Joseph Female Flyers 62-48 Monday.

The Lady Vikings' pressure helped build a 33-18 halftime lead. But Christina Harvey scored 8 points in the third quarter to draw St. Joseph within 40-36.

"We pressed a lot and got a big lead the first half, but we came out the second half and played a little too relaxed," Lady Vikings coach Lisa Bryant said. "But

St. Joe is much improved over last year and they got back in the game. Give them credit."

The Flyers closed the gap to 43-40 before the Lady Vikings pulled away as Megan Coomes converted 7 of 10 free throws and Brigette Thompson was 4 of 4.

"We were just more patient the fourth quarter," Bryant said.

Rebecca Capper led Symmes Valley (1-0) with 16 points. Megan Coomes had 14 points and five steals, Leslie Floyd 11 points, three assists and four steals.

Capper also had seven steals and three assists. Brigette Thompson added 10 points, four rebounds and two assists.

Tiffany Bryant had eight rebounds for the Lady Vikings.

Harvey finished with 17 points to lead St. Joseph.

St. Joseph1261812-48

Sym. Valley1518722-62

ST. JOSEPH (0-2):

Lindsey Dressel 4 0 0-0 8, Raven Blake 3 0 1-3 7, Christina Harvey 7 0 3-8 17, Mallory Hasenauer 2 0 1-2 5, Charleigh Haas 3 0 1-2 7, Sarah Webb 2 0 0-0 4. Totals: 21

0

6-15

48. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Harvey, Hasenauer.

SYMMES VALLEY (1-0):

Rebecca Capper 5 1 3-5 16, Brittney Wilson 0 0 0-0 0, Kayla Saunders 0 0 2-2 2, Megan Coomes 2 0 10-14 14, Leslie Floyd 3 0 5-5 11, Ashley Wilson 1 0 1-1 3, Emily Bowling 2 0 0-2 4, Brigette Thompson 3 0 4-6 10, Tiffany Bryant 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 17 1

25-35

62. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 24 (Tiffany Bryant 8, Thompson 4). Steals: 25 (Capper 7, Coomes 5). Assists: 10 (Floyd 3, Capper 3, Thompson 3). Turnovers: 32.

Fairland 61, OVC 28

PROCTORVILLE - Good start.

The Fairland Lady Dragons got the season off to a good beginning as they rolled past the Ohio Valley Christian Lady Defenders 61-28 Monday.

"It's a good win," Fairland coach Nathan Speed said. "It was a little sloppy, which is expected for a first game. But we do need to take better care of the ball."

Brianna Davis had 17 points, four rebounds and six steals to lead Fairland. Molly Baumgardner added 11 points and Kara Riley grabbed six rebounds.

Halley Carter had 10 points for OVC.

Davis had 7 points but Carter had 8 of her own and Fairland led just 16-13 in the first quarter.

Baumgardner scored 8 points in the second quarter as Fairland pulled away to a 35-20 halftime lead.

The Lady Dragons held OVC to just one point in the third quarter to lead 46-21 and coasted to the win.

Ohio Valley13717-28

Fairland16191115-61

OHIO VALLEY CHRISTIAN (0-2):

Richelle Blankenship 1 0 0-0 2, Kalle Evans 0 0 0-0 0, Brooke Taylor 2 0 1-1 5, Halley Carter 5 0 0-0 10, Sarah Jenkins 0 0 7-10 7, Lindsey Carr 0 0 0-0 0, Kristi Davis 0 0 4-7 4. Totals: 8-46

0-1 12-21

28. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Jenkins. Turnovers: 42.

FAIRLAND (1-0):

Brianna Davis 7 0 3-3 17, Lexie Staton 1 0 1-2 3, Megan Auxier 1 0 1-2 3, Shay Berry 0 0 0-0 0, Kristin Capper 2 0 0-0 4, Jodi Waugh 2 0 0-0 4, Brittany Brunty 1 0 2-5 4, Kara Riley 3 0 0-0 6, Molly Baumgardner 4 0 3-4 11, Erica Smoot 4 0 0-0 8, Kacie Lydell 0 0 1-2 1. Totals: 25-62

0-4

11-23

61. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: None. Turnovers: 22. Rebounds: 14-14=28 (Riley 6, Davis 4). Assists: 11 (Berry 3). Steals: 28 (Baumgardner 7, Davis 6).