MOULTRIE — One night after an ugly 21-point loss at home to Bainbridge, the Colquitt County girls basketball team got itself back together and defeated Houston County 39-29 on Saturday in Warner Robins.

“We played much better,” said Coach Rondesha Williams, who said her team “gave up” in the fourth quarter against the Lady Cats the night before.

“We needed that. We played like a team, like we did early in the season. We have just got to come out ready to play.”

The victory got the Lady Packers back to .500 at 7-7 overall. They are now 2-1 in the region.

Houston County’s girls have struggled all season to score points. They also had floundered on Friday, falling to Lowndes 46-28.

The Lady Packers took advantage and got a big night offensively from Umeika Henry, who scored 14 points.

Nicolle Thomas added eight, Bria Wallace had seven, Ashley Patillo scored six and Shay Lovett and Tiffany McBride each had two.

Williams was especially pleased with McBride’s play.

“She really stepped it up on defense,” Williams said.

Williams was frustrated that her team still missed several easy baskets, but the Lady Packers improved on the free throw line, where they hit 10-of-15.

Houston County drops to 4-10 overall and 0-4 in the region.

The Lady Packers will face region-leading Lowndes on the road on Tuesday.

The Lowndes girls remain unbeaten in the region after their victory over the Lady Bears on Friday.

The Vikettes, 11-2 overall and 2-0 in the region, got 10 points each from Kendra Thornton, Kiera Peak and D’arcy Williams.

On Friday, the Northside boys pulled what might be considered a Region 1-AAAAA upset when they defeated Coffee 80-73.