PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Lady Trojans didn’t waste any time.
The Lady Trojans built a big first half lead and coasted to a 62-34 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Chesapeake Lady Panthers on Thursday.
Portsmouth remained unbeaten through 13 games and on top of the OVC standings at 9-0.
The Lady Trojans had three players in double figures led by Keke Woods with 21 points. Sienna Allen scored 14 points and Hayven Carter scored 13.
Although Portsmouth had a strong defensive effort, Kate Ball had a big game as she scored 21 points including four 3-pointers to lead Chesapeake (8-5, 3-5).
Portsmouth quickly jumped in front 21-5 in the first quarter with balanced scoring.
Woods scored 8 points, Daysha Reid had 5 points including a 3-pointer, and Allen and Carter scored 4 points each.
Ball drilled a 3-pointer and Clairynn Romans added a basket for the Lady Panthers’ total.
The Lady Trojans extended the lead to 35-15 at the half as Allen knocked down a 3-pointer and scored 7 points while Woods added 4 points and Carter went 3-of-4 at the foul line.
Ball had 4 points including a 3-pointer while Abbey Isaacs went 4-of-4 at the foul line for Chesapeake.
Both Woods and Carter scored 6 points each with Woods hitting a 3-pointer and went 3-of-4 at the line. Carter sank a pair of foul shots to go with 2 baskets.
Ball hit from behind the arc again and scored 7 points while Romans also hit a 3-pointer.
In the fourth quarter, four different players scored for Portsmouth with Savannah Cantrell scoring 4 points and Woods hitting a 3-pointer.
The Lady Trojans were just 2-of-9 at the foul line in the quarter and finished 14-of-27 for the game.
Ball scored 7 of Chesapeake’s 9 points in the quarter that included her fourth 3-pointer while Erin Hicks was 2-of-2 at the line.
Chesapeake made 9-of-10 free throws.
Chesapeake 5 10 10 9 = 34
Portsmouth 21 14 16 11 = 62
CHESAPEAKE (8-5, 3-5): K.J. Collins 0 0 0-0 0, Sara Dillon 1 0 0- 2, Erin Hicks 0 0 2-2 2, Chloe Parrott 0 0 0-0 0, Abbey Isaacs 0 0 4-4 4, Clairynn Romans 1 1 0-0 5, Kate Ball 3 4 3-4 21, Cierra Akers 0 0 0-0 0, Ciera Nichols 0 0 0-0 0, Abby Mitchell 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 5 5 9-10 34. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None.
PORTSMOUTH (13-0, 9-0): Sienna Allen 5 1 1-2 14, Salem Allen 0 0 0-0 0, Daysha Reid 2 1 0-0 7, Keke Woods 5 2 5-8 21, Hayven Carter 4 0 5-6 13, Bry Shannon 0 0 1-4 1, K.K. Mays 0 0 1-4 1, Sky Mays 0 0 0-0 0, Savannah Cantrell 2 0 1-3 5. Totals: 18 4 14-27 62. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.
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