EL DORADO, Kansas -- The #17 NOC Enid Lady Jets dropped their first game of the season Tuesday night at Butler 76-69 in El Dorado, Kansas.

NOC (6-1) beat Butler at Enid on Nov. 11.

NOC trailed out of the gate down 28-19 after one quarter but rallied to within 38-36 at half.

Tanara Combs and Kaylee Hurst led the Lady Jets with 16 points each while Shelby Black added 12.

Tonijah Fortune and Hollie Wood each had nine points off the Lady Jet bench.

The Lady Jets host Eastern in the first Region 2 game Thursday night at 5:30 p.m.

Butler had been ranked in the NJCAA Top 25 falling out of the rankings last week.

Butler 76, Lady Jets 69

                 1     2     3     4--Total

Lady Jets  19   17   16   17--  69

Butler      28   10   19   19--  76

Lady Jets --  T. Combs 16, K. Hurst 16, S. Black 12, T. Fortune 9, H. Wood 9, S. Griswold 4, L. Wade 3.