Lady Mavs' season ends in Region 2 semi-finals

SHAWNEE, Oklahoma -- The NOC Lady Mavs' season ended Friday afternoon in the Region 2 semi-finals 73-42 to top seed NEO.

The loss ended the Mavs' season at 13-15.  NEO (26-4) advanced to the finals where they will face either NOC Enid or Seminole in the finals.

Sophomore Sabela Reigosa Pernas led the Lady Mavs with 16 points all in the first half.

Reigosa scored the first 10 points for the Lady Mavs who trailed NEO 19-18 at the first quarter break.  The Lady Mavs stayed close at half trailing just 32-28 but NEO outscored NOC Tonkawa 41-14 in the second half to win going away 73-42.

Tahanee Bennell also reached double figures with 10.

Reigosa also added nine rebounds for the Lady Mavs.

For the game, NOC shot just 33 percent while NEO shot 48 percent.

            1     2     3     4—Total

NOC     18   10    5     9--  42

NEO     19   13   15   26—73

NOC—Sabela Reigosa Pernas 16, Tahanee Bennell 10, Kaitlyn Hodgins 8, Chideyah Guyton 4, Abigail Webster 2, Rebekah Hissam 2.

NEO—Bethany Mununga 19, Eneritz Larranga 19, Mariam Gnanou 18, Mikayla Shulanberger 10, Megan Jackson 4, Lidia Gural 1.