Adrian junior Ashley Cox (33) challenges the shot of a Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster player during Thursday’s Red Rock Conference girls’ basketball game in Adrian. Cox led the Dragons with 12 points and five steals during a 65-30 victory.
By John Rittenhouse
The Adrian girls’ basketball team remained unbeaten in Red Rock Conference play after nailing down a pair of league wins since last Thursday.
The Dragons routed Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster by 35 points in Adrian Thursday before recording a 15-point victory in Comfrey Tuesday.
Adrian, 8-2 overall and 6-0 in the league, will play two key conference games at home as the Dragons host Red Rock Central Friday and Fulda Monday.
Adrian 45, Comfrey 30
The Dragons came up big in the second half during Tuesday’s 15-point road win in Comfrey.
The home-standing Rockets remained within striking distance of the Dragons in the first half, but AHS put the game away by outscoring Comfrey 27-19 in the second half.
Adrian doubled Comfrey’s scoring output (10-5) in the first quarter before sporting an 18-11 advantage at the intermission.
Maria Gengler and Ashley Cox helped the Dragons ice the contest in the third quarter by contributing eight points each to an 18-7 scoring surge that ended with AHS taking a 36-18 cushion into the fourth quarter.
Comfrey had a 12-9 scoring edge in the fourth quarter, but the outcome had been decided at that point.
Gengler, who blocked five shots for the winners, recorded a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Andrea Lonneman, Jenna Honermann and Kylie Heronimus all snared 10 rebounds. Honermann and Heronimus charted six and five assists respectively.
Box score
S.Henning 0 0 0-1 0, Heronimus 3 0 0-0 6, Honermann 2 0 0-0 4, A.Henning 4 0 0-0 8, Cox 4 0 0-1 8, Lonneman 2 0 0-0 4, Gengler 6 0 3-4 15, Strand 0 0 0-1 0.
Team statistics
Adrian: 21 of 51 field goals (41 percent), three of seven free throws (43 percent), 51 rebounds, 11 turnovers.
Comfrey: 10 of 60 field goals (15 percent), seven of 14 free throws (50 percent), 21 rebounds, 12 turnovers.
Adrian 65, SV-RL-B 30
Offensive balance proved to be the key when Adrian snapped a two-game losing skid with Thursday’s 35-point home win over the Raiders.
Four players reached double figures in scoring for an Adrian team that drained 48 percent of its field goals in a lopsided contest.
Andrea Lonneman recorded a double-double for the winners by registering 10 points and 10 rebounds. Ashley Cox led the Dragons with 12 points and five steals. Honermann and Ashley Henning chipped in 11 and 10 points respectively.
The game was tied at two early in the first quarter when AHS went on a 9-0 run capped by a field goal from Cox with 4:40 remaining in the period that gave Adrian an 11-2 advantage. The Dragons extended their lead to 13 points twice before settling for a 19-8 advantage at period’s end.
The Dragons put together a 10-2 run to start the second quarter to make it a 29-10 game before extending the difference to 20 points (32-12) by the intermission.
SV-RL-B scored the first four points of the third quarter before Adrian went on a 7-0 run capped by a field goal from Lonneman at the 4:10 mark of the third period to open 23-point cushion (39-16). The quarter ended with Adrian sporting a 43-22 lead.
The Dragons scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter and went on to outscore SV-RL-B 22-8 in the period to prevail by 35 points.
Gengler pulled down nine rebounds and blocked seven shots for Adrian. Heronimus charted 10 assists.
Box score
S.Henning 1 0 0-0 2, Heronimus 3 0 0-0 6, T.Honermann 0 0 0-0 0, J.Honermann 5 0 1-1 11, As.Henning 5 0 0-0 10, Cox 6 0 0-0 12, Lonneman 3 0 4-6 10, Gengler 3 0 3-6 9, Strand 0 0 0-0 0, Wolf 1 0 1-2 3, Ad.Henning 0 0 0-0 0, Mulder 1 0 0-1 2.
Team statistics
Adrian: 27 of 56 field goals (48 percent), nine of 16 free throws (56 percent), 31 rebounds, 13 turnovers.
SV-RL-B: 12 of 47 field goals (24 percent), six of 13 free throws (46 percent), 22 rebounds, 23 turnovers.