NOC Tonkawa rallied from seven points down in the third quarter and beat NEO going away 78-72 Monday night.
NOC (8-12) improved to 4-4 in conference play while NEO (9-12) fell to 5-3.
The Lady Mavs trailed 43-36 midway in the third quarter before a 22-12 run gave NOC a 58-55 heading to the fourth.
NOC scored the six points of the fourth quarter to build a 64-55 lead before NEO rallied to within 69-65 before the Lady Mavs pulled away late 78-72.
Kaydrin Scott led the Lady Mavs with 24 points in a balanced NOC attack.
Keely Hussey added 13 while Landri Hussey and Brooke Robertson had 12 each.
The Lady Mavs are at Eastern Thursday night at 5:30 p.m.
Lady Mavs 78, NEO 72
1 2 3 4--Total
NEO 21 13 21 17-- 72
Lady Mavs 15 17 26 21--78
Lady Mavs -- K. Scott 24, K. Hussey 13, L. Hussey 12, B. Robertson 12, M. Perez 8, M. Wehrenberg 4, A. Green 3 A. Fincher 2.