DAYTON — Trying to overcome the Ottawa-Glandorf Lady Titans was hard enough, but losing 2 starters during the game made the task even more daunting.
Portsmouth was called for 20 fouls to just 9 for the LadyTitans and saw 2 starters foul out in a 47-40 loss to Ottawa-Glandorf in the Division 3 state semifinals on Thursday night at the University of Dayton UD Arena.
Portsmouth (22-6) also shot just 15 of 48 from the field for just 31 percent and was 6 of 22 from behind the arc for 27.3 percent. The Lady Trojans were outshot at the foul line 12 of 19 for O-G to just 4 of 4 for Portsmouth.
The lead changed 3 times and was tied only once. Portsmouth’s only lead was 2 points at the 7:27 mark of the first quarter.
The Lady Titans led 10-9 after the first quarter and 22-13 at the half. Things remained slow coming out of the locker room as O-G outscored Portsmouth 7-4 in the third quarter to build a 29-17 after 3 quarters.
Portsmouth rallied in the fourth quarter and outscored O-G 23-18 but it wasn’t enough to overcome the 8-point deficit.
Sienna Allen scored 12 points and Daysha Reid 10 points and 8 rebounds to pace Portsmouth.
Savannah Cantrell added 6 points on a pair of 3-pointers and Hayden Carter got 3 steals for the Lady Trojans.
Alivia Grothhouse and Katie Kaufman had 10 points for South Point.
Ottawa-Glandorf will face Columbus Africentric at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Division 3 state title game.
Portsmouth 9 4 4 23 = 40
Ottawa-Glandorf 10 12 7 18 = 47
PORTSMOUTH (22-6): Sienna Allen 4-17 2-2 12, Daysha Reid 5-17 0-0 10, Keke Woods 1-2 2-2 4, Hayven Carter 3-7 0-0 8, Savannah Cantrell 2-5 0-0 6, K.K. Mays 0-0 0-0 0, BryShannon 0-0 0-0 0, Emily Cheatham 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Ankrom 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 15-48 4-4 30. 3-pt goals: 6-22 (Allen 2-8, Reid 0-7, Carter 2-2, Cantrell 2-5). Rebounds: O-6 D-17 = 23 (Reid 8, Allen 4, Mays 4). Team rebounds: 4. Assists: 5 (Allen 3). Steals: 4 (Carter 3). Blocks: 3. Turnovers: 11. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Woods, Carter.
OTTAWA-GLANDORF (26-2): Karsyn Erfror 2-9 4-4 8, Carlie Brinkman 4-8 1-2 9, Katie Kaufman 3-12 4-8 10, Myka Aldrich 1-2 1-2 3, Kaitlyn Kimmet 3-7 0-0 7, Megan Horstman 0-0 0-0 0, Alivia Grothhause 4-6 2-3 10. Totals: 17-44 12-19 47. 3-pt goals: 1-6 (Erford 0-3, Aldrich 0-1, Kimmet 1-2). Assists: 13 (Erford 5, Aldrich 3). Steals: 6 (Brikman 2, Grothause 2). Blocks: 6 (Kaufman 5). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None.
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