By John Rittenhouse
Adrian’s longest girls’ basketball winning streak of the season ended at seven games Monday when the Dragons lost a four-point game in Windom.
The streak reached seven straight with a 17-point win over Southwest Star Concept in Okabena Friday.
Adrian, 13-3 overall, plays in Fulda tonight and Luverne Tuesday.
Windom 50, Adrian 46
The Dragons received their first loss since Dec. 21 when they came up on the short end of a four-point decision in Windom Monday.
Twenty-two turnovers plagued an AHS squad that simply didn’t perform well in the game.
"We just didn’t play very good basketball," said Dragon coach Randy Strand. "There was one stretch when we had the ball six straight times trailing 43-37 and didn’t get a shot off. It wasn’t that they were pressuring us into turnovers. It was poor judgment on our part."
The teams battled to a draw at 12 in the first quarter. Adrian led 24-22 heading into a third quarter that belonged to a Windom team that outscored AHS 19-10 to take a 41-34 lead. The Dragons sported a 12-9 scoring edge in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to catch the Eagles.
Andrea Lonneman and Ashley Cox scored 20 and 14 points respectively for Adrian. Maria Gengler snatched 10 rebounds, and Jenna Honermann charted 10 assists and four steals.
Box score
Heronimus 1 0 0-2 2, Honermann 0 0 0-2 0, Cox 7 0 0-0 14, Lonneman 8 0 4-6 20, Gengler 3 0 2-2 8, Wolf 1 0 0-0 2.
Team statistics
Adrian: 20 of 49 field goals (41 percent), six of 12 free throws (50 percent), 30 rebounds, 22 turnovers.
Windom: 20 of 49 field goals (41 percent), eight of 19 free throws (42 percent), 19 rebounds, 12 turnovers.
Adrian 62, SSC 45
The Dragons posted their 11th consecutive Red Rock Conference victory when they disposed of the Quasars by 17 points in Okabena Friday.
Adrian won the game handily by outscoring SSC in every quarter, an effort that was made possible by converting 80 percent of the free throws in the contest.
"We had our moments," said Dragon coach Strand. "We did make our free throws."
Adrian posts Lonneman and Gengler played key roles when Adrian opened 14-5 and 29-19 leads at the first two quarter breaks.
Lonneman, who had eight rebounds in the game, scored seven of her team-high 20 points in the first half. Gengler, who finished the game with eight rebounds and three blocked shots, scored seven of her 17 points in the first half.
Adrian increased its lead to 12 points (44-32) at the end of the third quarter before using an 18-13 scoring cushion in the fourth quarter to win by 17.
Kylie Heronimus had 10 assists and seven rebounds for the winners. Honermann charted eight assists and five steals.
Box score
J.Henning 0 0 0-2 0, Heronimus 3 0 1-1 7, K.Honermann 0 0 2-2 2, J.Honermann 1 0 3-4 5, A.Henning 2 0 1-2 5, Cox 2 0 2-2 6, Lonneman 5 0 10-11 20, Gengler 8 0 1-1 17.
Team statistics
Adrian: 21 of 43 field goals (49 percent), 20 of 25 free throws (80 percent), 28 rebounds, 17 turnovers.
SSC: 17 of 53 field goals (32 percent), 11 of 18 free throws (61 percent), 24 rebounds, 21 turnovers.