New Boston overcame a brief first-quarter deficit to win its first road game of the season on Saturday. The Lady Tigers defeated Southeastern 52-41 at the Paint Valley Classic to improve their record to 2-0 heading into conference play.

Kayla Wiley led the Lady Tigers with 19 points, 14 rebounds, three steals and four assists and Missy Buckley contributed five points, five rebounds and four steals. Tasha Buckley scored 11 points in the win.

“We came out and started kind of slow,” New Boston coach Jon Estep said. “After the first quarter we started taking control of the game. We started making shots and started getting up and down the floor.”

New Boston travels to East tonight in its last game before renewing last season's rivalry with Clay, the team the Lady Tigers dethroned to win the SOC I title last season.

New Boston 8 16 13 15 - 52

Southeastern 10 8 13 10 - 41

New Boston - Williams 3 0 6, T. Buckley 4 3 11, M. Buckley 2 0 5, Hamilton 2 1 5, Euton 1 0 2, Raines 2 0 4, Wiley 8 3 19. Totals 22 7 52.

Southeastern - C. Dresbauch 2 1 5, McCorkle 0 2 2, Leeson 10 4 24, Triplett 2 0 4, Estep 1 0 2, I. Dresbach 2 0 4. Totals 17 7 41.

3-pointers - New Boston 1 (M. Buckley); Southeastern 0

Record - New Boston 2-0; Southeastern 0-2