The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers hit the road Saturday afternoon and faced off against another team near the top of the Region 24 standings in Rend Lake College.
Vincennes fell behind in the second quarter before battling back in the fourth quarter but were unable to overcome the Lady Warrior lead as Rend Lake won 84-74 over VU.
The Lady Trailblazers got off to a fast start on the road, jumping out to a quick five point lead early in the first quarter.
VU would grow their lead to eight before the Warriors cut the deficit down to six with a late basket to end the first 10 minutes of play.
Vincennes continued to look strong early in the second quarter with their lead back to eight points before the Lady Warriors responded to close out the first half on an 11-2 scoring run to take a 32-29 lead into the locker room.
Rend Lake continued to ride this momentum in the second half as early turnovers by VU saw the Lady Blazers fall behind by 10 early in the third quarter.
The Warrior lead would remain in double-digits as VU trailed by 12 heading into the fourth quarter of play.
Rend Lake would continue to grow their lead midway through the fourth with the Blazers now trailing 72-55.
Vincennes then responded by finding some open shots near the basket and hitting a few shots from behind the arc to quickly cut the lead back to single digits.
Trailing by eight with just over a minute to play Vincennes played a full court press defense and managed to force Rend Lake into a few turnovers late.
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