By Cort Reynolds

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The Bluffton High School girls basketball squad defeated visiting local rival Lima Central Catholic Tuesday night 47-40 in non-league action to keep its record unblemished.

The Pirates improved to 3-0 with the victory, while LCC fell to 1-2.

Senior point guard Sami Scoles poured in 22 points to pace the victors. She netted 11 points in each half. Sophomore post Ayla Grandey added 11 markers.

T-Bird Olivia Stolly tallied 19 markers to surpass the 1,000-point career barrier.

Bluffton trailed 12-9 after the first period, but rallied to grab a 24-19 edge at halftime. Scoles tallied seven points and Grandey added six in the key 15-7 Pirate second stanza.

The hosts outscored LCC 23-21 after intermission to hold onto the lead garnered by the big second quarter. 

The Pirates canned 19 baskets. They sank 17 two-point shots and splashed two shots from beyond the arc. Bluffton converted seven of 12 charity stripe tries (58 percent).

LCC made 11 two-point field goals, and drilled three triples for  14 total baskets. The Thunderbirds sank nine of 11 foul shots (82 percent).

LCC 40 (1-2)

Cox 1 0-0 2, Morrissey 2 0-0 5, Stolly 7 5-7 19, Mulcahy 2 0-0 6, Macklin 2 4-4 8. 

Totals: 11-3/9-11/40. 3-pointers: Mulcahy 2, Macklin 1.

Bluffton 47 (3-0)

Mehaffie 1 0-0 2, Fleece 2 2-2 7, Schweingruber 0, Eachus 1 0-0 2, Scoles 9 3-6 22, Giesige 1 1-2 3, Grandey 5 1-2 11. 

Totals: 17-2/7-12/47. 3-pointers: Fleece 1, Scoles 1.

1 2 3 4 F

LCC 12 7 9 12 40

Bluf 9 15 13 10 47
 

The Pirates (3-0 home) entertain Ft. Jennings (1-3) Thursday, December 1. FJ lost at a 2-1 Ottoville squad by a 48-26 count Tuesday night.