PORTSMOUTH — And there will be a collision.
The Portsmouth Lady Trojans routed the South Point Lady Pointers on Thursday to set up the showdown for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference on Monday.
The showdown will have the defending league champion Fairland Lady Dragons visiting the Lady Trojans in a battle of teams unbeaten in the OVC.
Portsmouth is now 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the OVC. Fairland rolled past Coal Grove 80-30 and is now 10-0 overall and 6-0 in the league.
Portsmouth jumped in front 22-13 in the first quarter as Keke Woods hit a 3-pointer and scored 9 points and Daysha Reid knocked down a pair of triples.
Saratina Jackson hit a couple of 3-pointers and scored all 8 of her points in the first quarter and Liz Ermalovich had a trey and all 5 of her points in the quarter for South Point.
The Lady Trojans blew the game open in the second quarter by pulling away to a 41-22 halftime lead.
Sienna Allen drained a trifecta and scored 7 points while Bry Shannon and Savannah Cantrell also hit 3-pointers for Portsmouth.
Camille Hall had half of the Lady Pointers total in the second quarter.
The lead ballooned to 64-32 after three quarters as Cantrell scored 8 points and Reid 6 more.
Hall scored 6 points in the quarter for South Point (6-4, 4-2).
Emily Cheatham and Katie Ankrom scored 4 pints each for Portsmouth in the fourth quarter while Molly Adams hit a trifecta and scored 5 points and Peyton Williamson had 4 more in the quarter for South Point as each team scored 9 points.
The Lady Trojans had 4 players in double figures as Cantrell scored 15, Woods 14, Reid 12 and Allen 11.
Hall scored 10 for the Lady Pointers.
South Point 13 8 10 9 = 40
Portsmouth 22 19 23 9 = 73
SOUTH POINT (6-4, 4-2): Saratina Jackson 1 2 0-0 8, Molly Adams 1 1 0-0 5, Liz Ermalovich 1 1 0-0 5, Camille Hall 5 0 0-0 10, Peyton Williamson 2 0 0-1 4, Samija Bradburn 0 0 0-0 0, Jasmyn Jones 0 0 0-0 0, Emma Saddler 2 0 0-0 4, Leila Hall 0 0 0-0 0, Adyson Copley 0 0 0-0 0, Keyere Black 0 0 0-0 0, Jocelyn Skeens 0 0 0-0 0, Josie Kidd 0 0 4-4 4. Totals: 12 4 4-5 40. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.
PORTSMOUTH (9-1, 6-0): Emily Cheatham 2 0 0-0 4, Sienna Allen 2 1 4-4 11, Daysha Reid 1 3 1-1 12, Keke Woods 4 2 0-0 14, Hayven Carter 3 0 2-2 8, Bry Shannon 0 1 0-0 3, K.K. Mays 0 0 0-0 0, Katie Ankrom 3 0 0-0 6, Savannah Cantrell 1 3 4-6 15. Totals: 16 10 11-13 73. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.
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