The North Platte Community College Lady Knights defeated the Doane College Junior Varsity Lady Tigers Sunday afternoon 65-50.  The game was a make-up game that was originally scheduled for Feb. 1.

The Lady Knights led at halftime 28-26 but outscored the Lady Tigers in the second half 37-24.

The Lady Knights were led in scoring by Aliyah Brown who scored  a career-high 24 points. The only other Lady Knight to score in double figures was April Stull with 13 points.

The Lady Tigers were led in scoring by Claire Phillips with 14 points and Karolyn Cahill with 13 points.

Lady Knight head coach Richard Thurin said: “Overall we played a good game.  We had a lot of help off the bench.  Clara Vinton played well with eight points.  Doane pulled four players off of the varsity to play against us.”

Thurin also noted the play of Brown and her 24 points.

The Lady Knights who are now 13-11 on the season will be in action on Friday, February 20 against Region IX Division II opponent Southeast Community College.  Southeast is currently leading Division II in Region IX with a 3-0 record.  The Lady Knights are 2-1.  The Lady Knights need to win  by 15 to claim the regular season Region IX championship and gain a bye in the Region IX Division II Tournament. The game will be live streamed on www.coachesaid.com. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. CST.