The NOC Lady Mavs were slow out of the gate Thursday night against Redlands and a late rally fell short in a 72-55 loss at home.

NOC (4-11) fell to 1-3 in conference play while Redlands (13-4) improved to 1-4 in league play.

Sophomore Tahanee Bennell led the Lady Mavs with 19 points while Chelsea Rhoades added 10.

"The long stretch in the first half without scoring put us in a tough situation," said coach Greg Krause.  "The good comeback in the second half was kind of halted with the head injury to Tahanee (Bennell), who had been a key player during that run. Consistency will be important for us continuing into our conference run."

NOC led Redlands 9-3 midway in the first quarter until Redlands went on a 24-0 run to take a 27-9 lead.

The Lady Mavs then rallied to as close as 51-46  with 7:18 left before Redlands regained control building the lead back to 66-48.

Redlands 72, Lady Mavs 55

                   1     2     3     4—Total

Redlands     16   16   14    26-- 72

Lady Mavs   9     8    21     17—55

Lady Mavs – T. Bennell 19, C. Rhoades 10, H. Maples 5, T. Watkins 4, N. Makiel 4, K. Murray 3, T. Jones 3, A. Bishop 3, B. White 2, J. Biddy 2.

Redlands – R. Hopkins 23, K. Jackson 13, J. Dixon 12, C. Jenkins 9, K. Stewart 7, K. Lovings 6, M. Jones 2.