The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team raced to a big early lead and defeated Fort Jennings 59-19 in non-league girls basketball play Thursday night, December 2.

The Lady Pirates stayed unbeaten at 4-0 with the one-sided win. FJ fell to 1-3 with the loss.

Bluffton led 22-7 after the opening period, and stretched the margin to 39-9 by intermission. The Pirate girls limited FJ to just five points over the middle two quarters.

Pirate senior Kylie Stackhouse led the victors with 14 points, 10 of which came in the first half. Riley Eachus contributed 12 of her 13 points in the first two quarters. 

Meanwhile Sami Scoles added 10 points, and Ayla Grandey tallied nine markers.

The Lady Pirates canned 25 baskets. They made 20 shots from inside the arc, and sank five shots from three-point range. Bluffton converted four of 10 from the charity stripe (40 percent).

FJ made four two-point field goals, and also canned three triples for just seven total baskets. They also sank three of six foul shots (50 percent).

Fort Jennings 19 (1-3)

C. Von Sossan 1 1-2 3, Dickman 0 0-2 0, Gilchriest 1 0-0 3, Jacomet 2 0-0 4, R. Von Sossan 2 1-2 6, Pothast 1 0-2 3.

Totals: 4-3/2-8/ 19. 3-pointers: Gilchriest 1, Pothast 1, R. Von Sossan 1.

Bluffton 59 (4-0)

Busch 2 1-4 5, Eachus 5 1-2 13, Stackhouse 7 0-0 14, Scoles 4 1-2 10, Monday 2 0-0 6, Grandey 4 1-2 9, Maple 1 0-0 2. 

Totals: 20-5/4-10/59. 3-pointers: Eachus 3, Monday 2.

1 2 3 4 F

FtJ 7 2 3 7 19

Bluf 22 17 13 7 59

Bluffton hosts Ottoville (0-3) Saturday, Dec. 4 in another non-league contest.