SCIOTOVILLE - Melissa Knapp knew the East Lady Tartans would be a "Bare," so she was glad to her Green Lady Bobcats "Barely" won.

With the defense limiting East's leading scorer Bridgette Baer to 8 points, Green came away with a 37-31 Southern Ohio Conference win Thursday.

"It's always tough going to East. We always have to battle there," Knapp said. "Our defense did a great job. We held Baer to 8 points and she's a really good player."

Elista Hall scored 10 points to lead a balanced Green attack. Leigh Ann Williams and Heidi Tackett added 8 points each.

Sonya Mantell and Heather Moore scored 9 each for East.

The Lady Titans led 12-8 at the end of the first quarter but just 17-16 at the half.

Green came back to take a 25-23 lead after three quarters. Hall then scored 6 points in the fourth quarter and the Lady Bobcats converted 4 of 8 from the foul line to clinch the win.

Green88912-37

Prts. East12568-31

GREEN (3-2, 2-2):

Jessica Dyer 0 0 1-2 1, Traci Elrod 3 0 0-1 6, Elista Hall 4 0 2-4 10, Courtney Pfleger 2 0 0-0 4, Heidi Tackett 3 0 2-4 8, Leigh Ann Williams 4 0 0-1 8, Britnee Fuller 0 0 0-0 0, Brittany Tackett 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16

0

5-12

37. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.

PORTSMOUTH EAST (NA):

Heather Moore 3 1 0-1 9, Sonya Mantell 2 1 2-2 9, Holly Moore 0 0 1-5 1, Bridgette Baer 4 0 0-0 8, Sherrie Morrison 2 0 0-0 4, Shawna Williams 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11

2

3-8

31. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.