FALLIS LEADS HAWKS IN SCORING IN CONFERENCE OPENER AGAINST TRITONS

NORFOLK, Neb. – The Northeast Community College women's basketball was back home at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk Tuesday night for a matchup with Iowa Central Community College in their first conference contest of the season. The Hawks fell in the showdown by a final score of 69-68.

Northeast (5-2, 0-1 ICCAC) led by as many as nine against a Tritons team currently receiving votes in the national rankings, but Iowa Central rallied back to take a lead that they didn't give up late late in the fourth quarter. Vilique Fallis (Rapid City, S.D.) had her highest scoring night so far this season as she had 14 points from the starting lineup while Aaliyah Jones (Rapid City, S.D.) tallied 13 points fresh off being named ICCAC Athlete of the Week earlier in the day.

STAT SHEET:

Vilique Fallis (Rapid City, S.D.): 14 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST

Aaliyah Jones (Rapid City, S.D.): 13 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST

Aweng Akoi (Sioux Falls, South Dakota): 12 PTS, 4 REB, 2 BLK

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Women's Basketball Coach Matt Svehla on the night and looking forward to Ellsworth on Sunday:

"This was a tightly contested game, and we came up a bit short," Svehla said. "Midway through the third quarter we had an eight or nine point lead, but then we had a scoring drought and had a hard time getting stops defensively. We have to get better on both ends of the court and get ready for the next one."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will take Thanksgiving off before battling Ellsworth Community College at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk.

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