The North Platte Community College Lady Knights rebounded from a disappointing loss Saturday, by defeating the Doane College Junior Varsity Sunday afternoon 73-39 at the McDonald – Belton gymnasium to improve their season record to 3-4.

“We played extremely well throughout the game, especially in free throw shooting and passing the ball,” Lady Knights head coach Richard Thurin said.

The Lady Knights shot 10 for 12 from the free throw line and handed out 8 assists led by Ester Micheva with 4.

The Lady Knights led at the break 40-20 after jumping out to a 16-3 lead with 13:45 to play in the first half.

The second half saw the Lady Knights expand their lead and were able to substitute and give their starters a break.

The Lady Knights had a balanced scoring attack led by sophomore April Stull with 14 points.  Aliyah Brown was the only other Lady Knight in double figures with 10 points.  Sarah Mahr had 9 points.

Sarah Mahr also had 8 rebounds to lead North Platte, followed by Aliyah Brown with 7, T’Keyah Stapleton and April Stull with 6 rebounds.

Bre Hagedorn of the Doane College JV Lady Tigers led all scorers with 19 points.  She was the only Lady Tiger in double figures.  Hagedorn also pulled down 12 rebounds.

North Platte Lady Knights travel to Hastings on Friday, November 21 to play the Hastings College Junior Varsity.  The Lady Knights defeated the Lady Broncos 76-70 this past Wednesday.