COAL GROVE - Patience is a virtue that's not lost on the Coal Grove Lady Hornets.

The Lady Hornets built a comfortable lead in the first half, then used a patient offense in the second half to beat the Fairland Lady Dragons 45-33 Monday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

"We were red-hot the first half. We scored 32 at the half and we were really playing tough," Coal Grove coach Nick Miller said.

"I told the girls at the half not to get in a rush in the third and fourth quarters and they did a good job of being patient with the offense."

Chelsea Markins scored 20 points including 17 in the first half while Samantha Hall had 12 points, 10 in the first half.

Brianna Davis had 11 points and Megan Auxier 8 to lead the Lady Dragons (9-10, 6-3).

Markins had 7 points including a 3-pointer and Hall scored 6 points in the first quarter as Coal Grove jumped out to a 16-5 lead.

The Lady Hornets (11-7, 5-4) extended the lead to 32-17 at the half as Markins caught fire with three baskets from beyond the 3-point arc and had 10 points in the second quarter.

Tracy Tackett had 4 points in the third quarter to give Coal Grove a 43-27 lead.

Fairland managed to outscore the Hornets 6-2 in the fourth quarter - Davis had all of the Lady Dragons points - but it was not enough to overcome the deficit.

In the reserve game, Fairland won 29-24 as Brittany Brunty had 10 points. Caymie Collier and Tiffany Wallace had 6 each for Coal Grove.

Fairland512106-33

Coal Grove1616112-45

FAIRLAND (9-10, 6-3):

Brianna Davis 4 0 3-6 11, Megan Auxier 2 1 1-2 8, Shay Berry 1 0 2-2 4, Kara Riley 2 0 2-4 6, Kristen Berry 1 0 0-0 2, Molly Bumgardner 0 0 0-0 0, Erika Smoot 1 0 0-0 0, Jennifer Legg 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11

(1)

8-14

33. Fouls: 5. Fouled out: None.

COAL GROVE (11-7, 5-4):

Samantha Zornes 1 0 0-0 2, Holli Swarts 1 0 0-0 2, Shana Klaiber 0 0 0-0 0, Jill Lovejoy 0 0 0-0 0, Tracy Tackett 2 1 0-0 7, Maggie Young 1 0 0-0 2, Chelsea Markins 1 5 3-4 20, Kristin Lemon 0 0 0-0 0, Samantha Hall 6 0 0-0 12. Totals: 12

(6)

3-4 45. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None.