SEMINOLE, Oklahoma -- The NOC Lady Mavs fell to 7-12 on the year losing to the Seminole Lady Belles 91-83 Monday night. The loss dropped the Lady Mavs to 3-5 in conference play.
Tahanee Bennell and Hannah Nealis combined for 53 points but it was not enough as NOC lost to Seminole by eight.
NOC got off to a slow start Monday trailing Seminole 15-6 after the first quarter but sophomore guard Hannah Nealis scored 16 points in the second quarter to cut the Seminole lead to 36-31 at half.
NOC took a brief lead in the 3rd quarter but Seminole rallied to take a 62-50 lead heading into the final quarter.
Freshman guard Tahanee Bennell had 14 points in the final period for NOC but it was not enough as Seminole held on 91-83.
"They jumped on us early," said head coach Greg Krause. "We had a nice run in the second quarter to pull close at half. We grabbed a lead in the third quarter but couldn't hang on. Our defense wasn't strong enough when we needed it. Seminole played a good game.
1 2 3 4—Total
NOC 6 25 19 33-- 83
Seminole 15 21 26 29-- 91
NOC—Tahanee Bennell 27, Hannah Nealis 26, Chideyah Guyton 11, Rebekah Hissam 8, Sabela Reigosa Pernas 5, Alyssa Cox 4, Tatiana Jones 2.
Seminole—Richardson 24, Dumas 22, Jones 16, Grover 13, Quales 5, Ash 3, Clark 3, Goodlow 3, Long 2.