Notre Dame 45 Highlands 42

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Notre Dame built a comfortable lead in the first half behind 14 points from Humphrey.

Highlands made defensive adjustments to open the second half and fought back behind the three point prowess of Mills. Richey's 3 gave her team its first lead with 6:25 to play.

It was a back and forth battle for the remainder. Highlands made some critical errors in crunch time. Last tied at 40 with 2:05 on the clock, the game tilted in NDA's favor at the free throw line where they scored their final five points.

NDA [14. 15. 5. 11.] 45

FTH [11. 7. 14. 10.] 42

paNDAs: Humphrey 15, Young 8, Holtzapfel 7, Stallard 6, McGraw 6, Wagner 3

Bluebirds: Mills 15, Nzekwu 8, M Lickert 5, Bucher 4, Barber 4, Richey 3, Neufarth 2, A Lickert 2

● Up next ~

Highlands (12-6, KY #22) Sunday vs. Campbell Co. (KY #10) at NKU.

Notre Dame (13-5, KY #12) Monday at Scott Co.