The Lady Cougars hosted Merrillville on Tuesday night. Another tough shooting night paired with high energy defense for the Cougars led to a low scoring first half, but still trailing 12-16. Leading the scoring column for New Prairie was Brooklynne Shepherd with 11 points followed by Chloe Deutscher with 9 points. The team returns to action on Friday for conference play hosting Elkhart at 6:30pm. Varsity vs Merrillville High School (35 - 48) Loss