The NOC Lady Mavs picked up a Homecoming win Thursday night wth a 79-72 win over Eastern at Foster-Piper Fieldhouse.

NOC (8-14) and 5-7 in conference play used a balanced attack.

Tahanee Bennell and Taylar Watkins had 15 points each while Mia Brown added 14 and Hannah Maples 12.

The Lady Mavs led throughout building as big as a nine point lead in the second half but could never shake the Mountaineers.

After leading 38-36 at half, the Lady Mavs built the lead to 47-38.

Eastern rallied to within 74-70 with 1:35 remaining but Mia Brown scored on a put back and Watkins then hit a 3-pointer from the corner to give NOC a 79-70 lead.  Eastern then scored to cut the lead to 79-72.

The Lady Mavs win was their second against Eastern.  NOC won at Eastern 76-62 on Jan. 14.

"It was a good team effort," said coach Greg Krause.  "I thought we had a balanced scoring attack. Shifting to a zone in the fourth quarter seemed to settle us down defensively and help us deal with some foul trouble."

                    1   2   3   4--Total 

Eastern       20 16  17 19--  72

Lady Mavs   22 16  20 21--  79

Eastern – K. Bush 25, T. Butler 14, B. Gabriel 10, M. Patton 7, E. Rodriguez 6, S. James 6, D. Crutchfield 4.

Lady Mavs – T. Bennell 15, T. Watkins 15, M. Brown 14, H. Maples 12, B. White 8, C. Rhoades 6, A. Bishop 5, C. Murray 2, T. Jones 2.