Mikesell's 19 leads NOC past Eastern

Lyndee Mikesell
Lyndee Mikesell

Lyndee Mikesell scored 19 points off the Lady Jets bench leading NOC Enid to a 77-61 win over Eastern on Thursday.

The Lady Jets (15-5) improved to 4-5 in conference while Eastern (7-13) fell to 1-6 in league play.

NOC has now won four of their last five games.

"It was great to get that win back as Eastern was our first loss of the season," said coach Michael Dominguez.  "We have really improved as a team since that game and I think we showed it tonight.  Our effort defensively and on the boards has been carrying us and that's what we have been preaching to our team, defense and rebounding."

NOC Enid led Eastern 37-29 at half and then outscored the Lady Mountaineers 22-10 in the third to take a commanding 59-39 lead after three quarters.

JaNai Coleman added 18 and Atiana Cook 11 for the Lady Jets.  Laeticia Hardy led on the glass with 13 rebounds while Cook had 12 and Hardy 11.  Cook added four assists and three steals.

Next Up:  The Lady Jets are at Murray State on Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m.

Lady Jets 77, Eastern 61

                  1     2     3     4--Total

Eastern      11   18   10   22-- 61

Lady Jets   14   23   22   18-- 77

Lady Jets--L. Mikesell 19, J. Coleman 18, A. Cook 11, S. King 9, R. Laight 5, L. Hardy 5, N. Crabtree 3, L. Williams 3, K. Lemons 2, R. Trammell 2.