Balanced attack leads NOC past NEO 78-72

Keely Hussey
Keely Hussey

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.