Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

PORTSMOUTH — This time the bad times outweighed the good.
The Portsmouth Notre Dame Lady Titans had more good times as they beat the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings 60-42 on Monday in a Southern Ohio Conference game.
“We would play with them for a while and then they would have a stretch where they scored eight to 10 points and we didn’t and that was the difference,” said Lady Vikings’ coach Alvin Carpenter.
Symmes Valley (3-3, 3-2) led 6-5 after the first quarter as Jensyn Shepherd scored all of the Lady Vikings’ points.
But Notre Dame began the second quarter with a 10-0 run and pulled away to a 31-18 halftime lead.
Kaitlyn Crabtree scored 6 points in the second quarter to keep the Lady Vikings within striking distance.
The Lady Titans out scored Symmes Valle3y 18-7 in the third quarter despite Payton Walsh’s 6 points.
Shepherd had 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Vikings. Walsh had 8 points, 6 assists and 3 steals.
Katie Detwiller had 15 points, Hagen Shaffer 14 and Lexie Smith 11 for the Lady Titans.
Sym. Valley    6    12    7    17    =    42
Notre Dame    5    26    18    11    =    60
SYMMES VALLEY (3-3, 3-2): Kaitlyn Crabtree 4 0 1-2 9, Payton Hunter 0 0 6-8 6, Jensyn Shepherd 6 0 3-3 15, Sierra Ross 0 0 1-2 1, Rachael Hayes 0 1 0-0 3, Payton Walsh 0 2 2-2 8, Kassie Baldwin 0 0 0-0 0, Hailee Littlejohn 0 0 0-0 0, Taylor Sells 0 0 0-0 0, Kinzi Kazee 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13-36 13-15 42. 3-point goals: 3-6. Rebounds: 25 (Shepherd 10). Assists: 12 (Walsh 6). Steals: 9 (Walsh 3). Turnovers: 24. Fouls 14. Fouled out: None.
PORTSMOUTH NOTRE DAME (NA): Molly Hoover 4 0 0-0 8, Taylor Schmidt 1 0 1-4 3, Allie Smith 1 1 0-0 5, Katie Detwiller 7 0 1-2 15, Hagen Schaffer 5 0 4-5 14, Clara Hash 1 0 2-2 4, Lexie Smith 4 0 3-4 11. Totals: 23 1 11-17 60. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.