The Clay Lady Panthers defended their home court with a 18-9 first quarter lead and led at the half 27-21. The Lady Tigers caught up and pulled ahead 31-29 with 2:40 to go in the third frame which ended 34-31 Clay. The final quarter was close with Clay pulling out the victory 51-47.
The Lady Panthers improved to 9-8 overall and 6-4 in SOC1 play. New Boston goes to 8-7 and 5-5.
Scoring for New Boston: Cadence Williams 14, O'Rourke 12, Cassie Williams 10, Boyer 6 and Gosselin 5.
New Boston has a home date with the league leading Notre Dame Lady Titans on Thursday 1/19. Clay travels to Eastern Pike on 1/21.