Lady Jets rally falls short at Tonkawa

Elizabeth Simpson
Elizabeth Simpson

TONKAWA, Oklahoma --  The NOC Enid Lady Jets rallied from 14 points down in the fourth quarter but fell to NOC Tonkawa 65-63 in Tonkawa.

The Lady Jets (4-4) fell to 1-2 in league play.  

LaKysia Johnson led with 33 points while Elizabeth Simpson added 14.

The Lady Jets led the Lady Mavs 29-27 at half before the Lady Mavs outscored NOC Enid 26-14 in the third quarter to take a 53-43 lead going into the fourth quarter.

NOC Tonkawa led the Lady Jets 60-46 before NOC Enid rallied with a 15-1 run to tie the game at 61-61.  Johnson led the run with eight points.

After Tonkawa made two free throws, Johnson tied the game at 63-63 with two free throws of her own but the Lady Mavs made two throws with :02.1 to win 65-63.

NOC Enid is at OK Wesleyan JV on Dec. 2 for their final game of the fall semester.

NOC Tonkawa 65, Lady Jets 63

                       1     2     3     4--Total

Lady Jets        20    9    14   20-- 63

NOC Tonkawa  14  13   26    12-- 65

Lady Jets -- L. Johnson 33, E. Simpson 14, L. Zinn 6, B. Dale 5, B. Bayless 5.