The Effingham Lady Hearts notched their second tournament win Wednesday night, but for the second day in a row, had to rally to do so.

The Lady Hearts trailed 23-18 at halftime, but then outscored Vandalia 26-19 in the second half to post a narrow 44-42 victory and improve to 2-1 in the Bob Kerans Thanksgiving Tournament in Netwton.

Effingham went on a 14-6 surge in the third period to take 32-29 lead.

“And, somehow, we battled and found a way to win,” said EHS coach Jeff Schafer.

Hayley Diveley led the EHS scoring attack with 14 points and Taylor Armstrong added 12.

The Lady Hearts will complete their tournament play Friday with a 1:30 p.m. game against Newton.