Williams' 23 leads NOC against NEO

Alanna Williams
Alanna Williams

Alanna Williams had 23 and seven rebounds in a 78-71 loss to NEO Thursday night on sophomore night for the Lady Mavs.

Marta Perez Souza and Natalie Walker were honored as the two Lady Mav sophomores.

Ella Murhy added 14 off the NOC bench and Amber Brazendale added 10.

Souza led the team with 12 rebounds.

NEO jumped out to a 42-22 halftime lead and the Lady Mavs rebounded in the second half outscoring NEO 49-36 in the second half.

NOC ends the regular season at 11-17, 8-8 in conference while NEO ends the season at 19-0, 14-2 in league.

The Lady Mavs are the #6 seed at the NJCAA Region 2 Tournament in Muskogee starting March 13.  The Lady Mavs face #3 Seminole at 3 p.m.

NEO 78, Lady Mavs 71

                   1     2     3     4--Total

NEO            22   20   16    20-- 78

Lady Mavs   13    9    28   21--  71

Lady Mavs -- A. Williams 23, M. Perez Souza 17, E. Murphy 14, A. Brazendale 10, N. Walker 4, K. Criss 3.