Playing on the road, getting in foul trouble, things didn’t seem good for the Green Lady Bobcats.

But the Lady ’Cats were able to overcome the obstacles and beat the Portsmouth Notre Dame Lady Titans 42-37 Thursday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

“It wasn’t pretty but it’s a win. It’s tough to go on the road and win,” said Green coach Dale Royse. “We got in a some trouble and Notre Dame made a run, but we hung in there and battled.”

Despite playing more than half the game with four fouls, Adrianne Blankenship had nine points and 15 rebounds for Green (5-2, 4-1). Lauren Jones scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Green took a 10-4 lead at the end of the first quarter. Each team had 11 points in the second quarter and it was 21-15 at the break.

Blankenship scored seven points in the third quarter as Green took 34-24 lead.

Notre Dame got within three points late in the game, but Abbey Barrett had a key putback basket that extended the lead to five and sealed the win.

Green 10 11 13 8 = 42

Ports. Notre Dame 4 11 9 13 = 37

GREEN (5-2, 4-1): Ashlee Runyon 1 2 0-0 8, Adrianne Blankenship 3 1 0-0 9, Lauren Jones 7 0 4-8 18, Abbey Barrett 1 0 1-6 3, Breanna Johnson 1 0 0-0 2, Hannah Collett 1 0 0-0 2, Gidget Timberman 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17-49 3 5-14 42. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None. 3-point goals: 3-10. Rebounds: 36 (Blankenship 15, Jones 10). Assists: 12 (Runyon 4, Blankenship 4). Steals: 10 (Johnson 4, Blankenship 3). Turnovers: 23.

PORTSMOUTH NOTRE DAME (1-5. 1-3): Jeanna Estep 4 0 2-5 10, Kaitlyn Canter 0 0 1-2 1, Hanna Shupert 2 2 0-0 10, Erin Monroe 4 0 0-1 8, Rachel Appleton 3 0 0-0 6, Katie Kayser 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 14 2 3-8 37. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.