Colby, KS – The Lady Knights went into Colby KS looking for revenge to end the first semester and came up short, losing 93-39.

The Trojans jumped on the Knights early with a combination of drives in the paint and long twos and were ahead 20-4. North Platte would end the quarter down 20-7.

The second started off well for North Platte, they found a good mix defensively and got a few stops to start the quarter. Meanwhile, their offense started to come alive as Sophmore Madisyn Francis found her groove to the tune of 8 points in the quarter. The Knights would head into halftime down 41-19.

The third was the best quarter for the Knights behind gritty play from starting Freshman Katie Cox, who had her best quarter and game on the season. Cox dominated the paint gobbling up 5 rebs in the quarter while scoring 7 points (including a wide-open corner three) and was a force on defense as well affecting some of the Trojan shots. It was 65-34 at the end of 3.

The Trojans came out with a lot of fire in the fourth quarter, putting up 28 points in the quarter while keeping the Knights to just 5.

Coach Jeff Thurman after the game said “we just couldn’t get stops and our shots weren’t falling. Games like this will happen but just like I told the girls, we aren’t playing for W’s against Colby in December, we are growing and playing for W’s in late January and February against Southeast and Central, those are the games that matter.”

The loss drops the Knights to 2-11 on the season heading into the Holiday break. The next game for the Knights is Jan 8th at home against York College JV. That game is a reschedule from a postponed game earlier in the season.