The Neshannock High girls basketball team lost its first section game of the season last night.

Beaver Falls upended the Lady Lancers and earned a 48-36 WPIAL Section 2-AA victory.

“They were just by far the best team tonight,” Neshannock coach Greg Huston said. “They played great all-around tonight and we were the exact opposite. We turned the ball over and didn’t play any defense.”

The Lady Tigers (3-1 section, 5-5 overall) jumped out to a 13-4 lead in the first quarter and kept the pace.

“They came out of the game with a tough defense,” Huston said. “We were very un-Neshannock like tonight with our defense. Normally, when we’ve been in tough games we could always rely on our defense. That wasn’t the case tonight.”

Erika Warvell turned in a game-high 15 points for the Lady Lancers (4-1, 4-3). Kylee Patton followed with seven markers.

Alyssa Miller led Beaver Falls with 12 points and Dyara Williams chipped in with 10.