Crete – The No. 16 North Platte Community College Lady Knights basketball team (3-5) dropped a contest Sunday afternoon to the Doane College JV by a final score of 68-66 in Crete.

The Lady Knights were led by DaVontaye Merritt who scored 14 points and Courtney Widick who finished with 13. April Stull was the Lady Knights third leading scorer with nine points. Merritt and Stull were in foul trouble most of the night and each finished with four fouls.

“We competed hard,” said head coach Richard Thurin “but we didn’t play defense well enough to win.

The Lady Knights are now off until after Thanksgiving break when they welcome the Colby Community College Lady Trojans (1-7) to McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. The Lady Knights travelled to Colby earlier this year and emerged victorious 55-43. The Lady Knights then travel to York to face the York College JV on Dec.6 and host Lamar Community College Dec.6 and Northeastern Junior College Dec. 11 to finish out the fall semester.