Playing without the injured Kendra Patrick, the Lady ’Cats were unable to come up with enough offense to win.

“We didn’t play well at all tonight,” Lady Wildcats coach Julie McCutcheon said. “We came out extremely flat. There was no excuse. We went into an overtime game (Friday) night, but they also went into an overtime game (Friday) night. We were just flat.”

Alisha Crawford scored nine of the Lady ’Cats first 12 points to help her team jump out to 12-9 lead.

It wasn’t enough though, and Northside took its first lead of the night midway through the second, 14-13, on a layup by Jasmine Wilson.

The Lady ’Cats came back to take a 16-15 lead late in the first half, but the Lady Eagles scored four consecutive points to end the half and took a 19-16 lead into the break.

Northside then started the second half on a 10-0 run. It didn’t get much better for the Lady ’Cats. Northside’s Ladarria Clark made a layup while being fouled as time ran out in the third. After Clark made her free throw, the Lady Eagles led, 36-23.

Valdosta opened the fourth quarter with a 6-0 run, and halfway through the quarter, Alexis Brown hit a 3-pointer to bring the Lady ’Cats within four.

However, that 3-pointer would be the last basket the Lady ’Cats made on the night. Both teams went scoreless over the final three minutes.

“I thought we had some momentum going in the fourth quarter,” McCutcheon said. “We didn’t answer the call tonight, that’s the bottom line. Nobody stepped up and played.”

The Lady ’Cats are now 1-3 in region play.

Both Valdosta basketball squads will be back in action on Tuesday at Coffee. The girls start at 6 p.m., while the boys play afterwards.