Storm vs Lighthouse

New Life Storm 26 Lighthouse Eagles 46

The NLC Storm faced off with conference rival Lighthouse for the first time this season and battled hard, but came away on the short end of a 20-point loss. The nationally-ranked Eagles, with 10 seniors and 2 players signed to play next season at Anderson University, were undefeated coming in and had only won twice by fewer than 20 points. Early in the game, a combination of nerves and quick whistles had the Storm in foul trouble and out of sync. After scoring only 2 points in the first quarter, they began attacking with more confidence. Though the tough Lighthouse defense allowed few easy shots, NLC did a good job drawing fouls and scoring at the line. The Storm also defended well, allowing few easy shots for the Eagles. NLC trailed by 13 at the half, and though they prevented any Lighthouse runs to blow the game open they were never able to muster a run of their own to make the game close down the stretch, as Lighthouse gradually pulled away to the final margin. Shelby led the Storm in this game in both scoring and rebounds, with 9 points and 18 boards.