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MIDDLE POINT — The Lincolnview Lady Lancers welcomed the Lima Central Catholic Lady Thunderbirds to Lincolnview High School on Thursday night for girls basketball action.

The Lady Lancers pulled out a 46-44 victory over the Lady T-Birds in Northwest Conference play.

With a 4-2 Lancer lead, the Lady T-Birds got four straight points from Sydney Mohler for a 6-4 lead. Lincolnview countered with an 8-0 run to end the first period and give the Lady Lancers a 12-6 lead going into the second quarter. During the run, Lincolnview got four points from Katie Dye.

LCC started the second stanza on 10-4 run. They got six points from Sydney Santaguida and four points from Meredith Shepherd to cut the Lady Lancer lead to 18-16.

The Lady Lancers scored the final four points of the quarter, with two points from Julia Thatcher and two points from Kaitlyn Brant, to give themselves a 22-16 lead at the intermission.