Slow first quarter offensively hurts Lady Knights in the 77-62 loss Saturday afternoon in the Dungeon.  OCC responded winning the second quarter 24-21 going into halftime down by seven points. Both the Warriors and the Lady Knights saw some first half foul trouble that continued for both teams into the second half.  

OCC falls to 14-12 (7-4 GRAC, 7-5 Region 24) while the Warriors improve to 14-11 (9-2,9-3) on the season. 

The Lady Knights were led in scoring by Lanie Lipps 19 points. She added 7 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals

Jamia Jones 13, 3 rebounds, 4 blocks

Melaina Zedalis 10 pts, 13 rebounds (8 offensive), 4 assists, 3 steals

Jenna Roth 10 pts, 6 rebounds, 2 assists

Samantha Secrest 5 pts, 5 rebounds, 2 steals

Olivia Lemke 4 pts, 1 rebound

Shelby Seay 1 pts, 2 rebounds

OCC will return to action Wednesday, February 25th when the travel across the state line to play the Lady Trailblazers of Vincennes University.  The Lady Knights fell to the Trailblazers 81-46 on January 21st.  

Southwestern Illinois will come to OCC on Saturday, February 28th  for the last regular season game of the year!