A disastrous third quarter cost Lake Mills Monday night in a 61-50 loss to Newman Catholic in Mason City.

The Bulldogs (10-9, 8-5) scored three points in the third quarter and the Knights grabbed a 12 point lead entering the fourth quarter.

Lake Mills trailed by one at halftime and outscored Newman in the fourth but the third was much too costly.

“Newman outhustled us and deserved to win,” Bulldogs head coach Kyle Menke said. “We need to work harder on the defensive end of the floor.”

Lake Mills will get a chance to rectify itself Thursday against Belmond-Klemme in Lake Mills.

Newman Catholic 61, Lake Mills 50

Lake Mills 15 14 3 18 — 50

Newman 17 13 15 16 — 61

Lake Mills scoring: Chris Throne 13, Tyler Rice 10, Jim Adams 7, Jordan Colby 6, Jerod Harmon 5, Cody Krull 4, Brad Midlang 3, Marcus Gaskill 2.