Just like the kitchen sink, the Coal Grove Lady Hornets had a hot and cold switch.

After a cold-shooting first half, the Lady Hornets heated up in the second half and rallied past the River Valley Lady Raiders 51-45 Saturday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

“We started out as cold shooting-wise as we’ve ever shot,” said Coal Grove coach Nick Miller. “We had open looks, we just couldn’t hit the shots.”

Kelsey Sands had four points as River Valley took an 8-5 first quarter lead.

Molly Ruff then hit three 3-pointers for the Raiders in the second quarter as they took a 21-16 lead into the locker room.

Jordyn Cox had eight points including a pair of 3-pointers to keep the Lady Hornets within striking range.

But in the third quarter, Cox scored 14 points and Taylor Sexton had six as Coal Grove stormed back to take a 38-33 lead.

“We played as bad as we could in the first half, so in the second half we went to a man-to-man and did a nice job against them,” said Miller.

Chelsea Delong had five points in the fourth quarter for Coal Grove. The key shot was a 3-pointer off an inbounds pass.

The Lady Hornets (14-3, 7-1) were 4-of-9 at the foul line in the quarter to help hold the lead.

Cox finished the game with 25 points. Sexton and Delong added nine each.

Ruff had 14 points to lead River Valley (10-7, 4-4).

River Valley 8 13 12 12 = 45

Coal Grove 5 11 22 13 = 51

RIVER VALLEY (10-7, 4-4): Jessi Hagar 2 0 0-0 4, Amanda Hagar 0 0 0-0 0, Marisa Marcum 1 0 0-0 2, Kelsey Sands 1 0 3-6 5, Allie Neville 0 0 0-0 0, Molly Ruff 1 4 0-0 14, MacKenzie Cluxton 0 0 0-0 0, Iliana Corfias 1 0 4-6 6, Jenna Ward 1 1 2-2 7, Brooke Marcum 3 0 1-2 7. Totals: 10 5 10-16 51. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Marcum (4th).

COAL GROVE (14-3, 7-1): Abby Nance 1 0 0-0 2, Danielle Carpenter 1 0 4-6 6, Jordyn Cox 6 3 4-5 25, Taylor Sexton 4 0 1-5 9, Chelsea Delong 3 1 0-0 9, Keesha Wyatt 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 4 9-16 51. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.