Carlyle outscored Red Bud 17-10 in the fourth quarter to hold onto a 55-39 victory Thursday night in Cahokia Conference Mississippi Division action.
The Lady Musketeers trailed 17-12 at the end of the first quarter and 31-18 at halftime. Red Bud fought back in the third quarter outscoring Carlyle 11-7 to cut the deficit to 38-29, but that would be as close as the team would come.
Tara Hubert scored 11 points to lead Red Bud’s offense, while Tori Albert and Kailey Schoenbeck each had 10.
With the loss, Red Bud dropped to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in conference play.