North Decatur Girls Varsity Basketball

The Lady Chargers fell on the road Tuesday night to South Ripley 48-35. North got off to a slow start trailing at one point 25-10 midway through the second quarter and trailed by 13 at the break. North showed some fight in the third quarter and cut the Raider lead to 2 points near the end of the 3rd. Ripley answered back behind 15 points from their leading scorer Brightwell. South Ripley put the game out of reach down the stretch to take the matchup 48-35. North slides to 4-3 on the campaign and will host Oldenburg on Thursday.

Submitted by the school’s athletic department.