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Adrian girls drop four straight heading into tournament play

By John RittenhouseThe Adrian girls capped a 12-12 regular season by dropping a pair of Red Rock Conference tilts.Edgerton nipped the Dragons by four points in Adrian Thursday. The Dragons fell by 10 points to Southwest Christian in Edgerton Monday.Adrian drew the fifth seed for the Section 3A South Tournament. Adrian plays No. 4 Southwest Star Concept at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Worthington.SWC 58, Adrian 48The Dragons ended the regular season with a four-game losing skid after bowing to the E-Gals by 10 points in Edgerton Monday.Adrian never sported a lead in the contest, which was ultimately decided by an extended scoring run by SWC during the second half.Adrian, which trailed 23-20 at the intermission, received a three-point shot by Samantha Lynn at the 17:00 mark of the second half to cut SWC’s lead to two points (25-23). The E-Gals countered with a 23-12 run to gain their biggest lead of the game (48-35) with 6:45 remaining. The Dragons whittled the difference to six points two different times in the final 2:23 of the game, but they couldn’t catch SWC.The score was tied at six in the first half before SWC put together a 15-6 run to gain a 21-11 lead with 4:48 remaining. The Dragons countered with a 9-2 surge that ended with Brittany Bullerman sinking two free throws with 1:52 left to make it a three-point difference at halftime.Lynn played a solid game by scoring 15 points, charting six assists and registering five steals and five rebounds. Bullerman netted 10 points. Katlin Wiertsema led AHS with six rebounds.Box scoreEr.Thier 1 2 0-0 8, Em.Thier 2 1 0-0 7, N. Lynn 0 0 0-0 0, S.Lynn 5 1 2-3 15, Reisdorfer 1 0 0-0 2, K.Bullerman 0 0 0-0 0, B.Bullerman 2 0 6-10 10.Edgerton 59, Adrian 55Some clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch lifted the Flying Dutchmen to a four-point victory over the Dragons in Adrian Thursday.Edgerton, which trailed 26-25 at halftime, nailed 10 consecutive free throws late in the game to complete a successful comeback against Adrian.Led by a 19-point, 15-rebound effort from Amy Kallemeyn during the game, Edgerton outscored the Dragons 34-28 in the second half.Samantha Lynn pumped in 20 points and nabbed five rebounds for Adrian, which dropped its third consecutive game.Brittany Bullerman recorded a double-double by scoring 12 points and pulling down nine rebounds. Wiertsema collected nine caroms. Natalie Lynn, who was sited for playing a strong game defensively, finished with six rebounds, five assists and three steals.Box scoreEr.Thier 2 1 0-0 7, Em.Thier 2 0 0-0 4, Tjepkes 2 00-2 4, S.Lynn 6 2 2-3 20, B.Bullerman 3 0 6-12 12, Kt.Wiertsema 2 0 4-4 8.Team statisticsAdrian: 20 of 65 field goals (31 percent), 12 of 21 free throws (57 percent), 39 rebounds, 11 turnovers.Edgerton: 19 of 71 field goals (27 percent), 15 of 22 free throws (68 percent), 32 rebounds, 11 turnovers.

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