WILLOW WOOD - The Lady Vikings can see clearly now.

As their court vision picked up, the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings rolled past the Portsmouth Notre Dame Lady Titans 75-23 Thursday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

"We came out a little relaxed and had a slow start, but then we started seeing each other on the offensive end," coach Lisa Bryant said.

The Lady Vikings led just 16-9 after the first quarter as Rebecca Capper scored 7 points.

But the defense held the Titans to only 3 points in the second quarter and the offense erupted for 20 points to take a commanding 36-12 halftime lead.

The onslaught continued in the third quarter as the Lady Vikings outscored the Lady Titans 23-5 and built an insurmountable 59-17 lead.

Capper led Symmes Valley with 16 points to go with four assists and two steals. Tiffany Bryant was the only other player in double figures with 14.

Brigette Thompson grabbed eight rebounds, Leslie Floyd had 8 points and six rebounds, Kayla Saunders scored 8 points, and Jessica Neal and Emily Bowling had six and five rebounds, respectively.

The Lady Vikings placed 11 players in the scoring column out of the 14 who played.

"We got a chance to play a lot of girls, so that was good," coach Bryant said.

The Lady Vikings host South Gallia at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Notre Dame9356-23

Sym. Valley16202316-75

PORTS. NOTRE DAME (0-6):

Astra Ng 1 0 0-4 2, Kelsey Hartlage 0 0 0-0 0, Heather Lansing 1 1 1-2 6, Heather Chatfield 2 1 0-5 7, Chrissy Glockner 0 0 2-4 2, Kendra Sparks 0 0 0-0 0, Maggie Cardosi 3 0 0-2 6, Kegley Hartlage 0 0 0-2 0. Totals: 7

2

3-19

23. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None.

SYMMES VALLEY (5-0, 3-0):

Rebecca Capper 5 0 6-8 16, Amanda Provens 1 0 2-2 4, Brittney Wilson 1 0 0-0 2, Jessica Neal 1 0 0-0 2, Kayla Saunders 4 0 0-2 8, Megan Coomes 1 0 1-2 3, Leslie Floyd 3 0 2-4 8, Ashley Wilson 4 0 0-0 8, Emily Bowling 2 0 0-1 4, Brigette Thompson 2 0 0-0 4, Tiffany Bryant 7 0 0-0 14, Kayla McCarty 0 0 0-2 0, Telissa Davis 0 0 0-0 0, Aida Aguinaga 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 32

0

11-21

75. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: McCarty. Rebounds: 45 (Thompson 8, Floyd 6, Neal 6, Bowling 5). Assists: 14 (Capper 4). Steals: 7 (Capper 2). Blocked shots: 2 (Bryant 2). Turnovers: 23.