The NOC Lady Mavs lost 78-70 to Connors in OCAC action Thursday night at the Foster-Piper Fieldhouse in Tonkawa.

the Lady Mavs (3-12) fell to 0-3 in league play.

Connors 78, Lady Mavs 70

Connors made a late third quarter run turning a 45-44 NOC edge into a 58-49 Connors advantage after three quarters and held on for a 78-70 win over the Lady Mavs.

NOC cut the Connors lead to 67-63 and then 70-66 in the final quarter but that was as close as the Lady Mavs would get.

Radina Zhivachka led NOC with 16 points while Carlee Murray had 12 points.  Hannah Maples had 11 points and six rebounds for the Lady Mavs.

"We made a good run at the end of the third quarter and early in the fourth," said coach Greg Krause.  "We got some good looks coming down the stretch when we were down but a few untimely turnovers hurt our momentum. We'll need to improve some of our decision making in tough situations, but we believe we will continue to adjust and improve with two of our point guards injured."

Already playing without point guard Mia Brown, point guard Celeste Moore injured a knee in Thursday's contest.

The Lady Mavs are on the road Monday against Redlands.

Connors 78, Lady Mavs 70

                   1     2     3     4—Total

Connors      11    20   28   19-- 78

Lady Mavs  17    16   16   21--  70

Lady Mavs—R. Zhivachka 16, C. Murray 12, H. Maples 11, C. Manning 10, C. Moore 7, C. Guyton 7, L. Coates 5, C. Sadler 2.