North Platte – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights basketball team ended their regular season with a 78-64 loss to the Eastern Wyoming College Lady Lancers Friday evening at the McDonald – Belton Gymnasium.

The game was the final home game for five sophomores including Peighton Porter, Allison Tichy, Naria Hall, Lexa Lealiiee and Loren Lealiiee.

The Lady Knights stayed with the Lady Lancers in the first half trailing 20-18 at the end of the first quarter and 32-31 at the end of the half.

The Lady Lancers held a 30-20 lead midway through the 2nd quarter but the Lady Knights went on a 11-2 run to end the half.

In the third quarter, the Lady Knights continued to stay with the Lady Lancers, but with the score tied at 47, the Lady Lancers went on a 13-4 run to end the third quarter and held a 60-51 lead.

The Lady Lancers outscored the Lady Knights in the fourth quarter 18-13 to secure the win.

The Lady Knights dropped to 4-21 on the season. They were led in scoring by Hall, who finished with 19 points. Tichy added 11 points to move into 18th place on the Lady Knights all-time career scoring list with 581 points. Hall and Porter each had eight rebounds to lead the Lady Knights.

The Lady Lancers improve to 19-10 on the season. Pamela Bethel led the Lady Lancers with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Lauren O’Connell added 11 points.

The Lady Knights will have to wait and see who their opponent will be in the Region IX Division II tournament. The Lady Knights are the third seed and will travel to face the second seed, with the winner of that game to travel to the number one seed for the championship game.

Southeast Community College, 3-0 in Region IX Division II hosts Central Community College on Saturday to determine the top two seeds in the Region IX Division II tournament.