WILLOW WOOD — Another one bites the dust.

Symmes Valley faced the second straight co-leader in the Southern Ohio Conference, and for the second straight time the Lady Vikings came away with a win as they stunned the Western Lady Indians 77-66 Saturday.

After beating Portsmouth Clay on Thursday, the Lady Vikings knocked Western into a second place tie with Clay behind New Boston. Symmes Valley is now 11-5 overall and 8-4 in the SOC. Western fell to 12-5 and 9-3.

“I can’t say enough about our kids,” Lady Vikings coach Lisa Bryant said. “We are on a 6-game winning streak. We are playing well right now and not at

a bad time either with the tournament coming up.”

Tiffany Bryant had a career-high 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Symmes Valley. Emily Bowling got 24 points along with 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

Kayla Saunders had her best game of the season with 15 points, 5 assists and 3 steals. Haily Pelletier also had 15 rebounds and Natasha Pointer grabbed 6.

“Tiffany and Emily played well tonight and Kayla had one of her best all-around games. Haily Pelletier just keeps getting better each game. She doesn’t produce a lot of points, but she is all over the boards,” coach Bryant said.

Western was led by Kaylee Helton who scored a game-high 34 points. Sarah Stratman added 20 points for the Lady Indians.

Bryant’s 8 points in the first quarter staked Symmes Valley to an 18-13 lead while Helton had 6.

Bowling came back with 9 points in the second quarter and Bryant 8 to offset 12 by Helton and the Lady Vikings were up 35-26 at the break.

Each team had 18 points in the third quarter as Bowling scored 8 and Stratman hit three trifectas.

Saunders clinch the win as she converted 7 of 10 free throws and Bowling scored 10 points including a 3-pointer. Stratman scored 11 and Helton 10 to give Western a chance at a comeback.

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WESTERN PIKE (12-5, 9-3): Kayla Gragg 0 0 1-2 1, Tessa Gragg 0 0 0-0 0, Kala Bankenhaster 1 0 0-0 2, Kaylee Helton 13 2 2-4 34, Samantha Darling 1 0 3-6 5, Tabby Riley 2 0 0-0 4, Sarah Stratman 1 6 0-2 20. Totals: 18

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66. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: T. Gragg.

SYMMES VALLEY (11-5, 8-4): Tiffany Bryant 14 0 2-3 30, Haily Pelletier 1 0 0-0 2, Emily Bowling 8 1 6-11 24, Kayla Saunders 3 0 9-12 15, Natasha Pointer 2 0 1-2 5. Totals: 29-57

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66. 3-point goals: 1. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 51 (Bryant 15, Bowling 11, Pelletier 15, Pointer 6). Assists: 11 (Saunders 5, Bowling 3, Pointer 2) Steals: 7 (Saunders 3, Bowling 2). Turnovers: 16.