The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat for the Lady Blackhawks

The Adrian Lady Blackhawks moved their overall record to 9 and 1 as they hosted Lakeland Tuesday night, January 19, in non-conference action. Adrian easily won the contest by the score of 66 to 20.

On Thursday, January 21 the Lady Blackhawks traveled to Hume for non-conference action. Adrian fell to the Lady Hornet 52 to 55. After the first half of play, Adrian only held a one point, 25-24 lead. During the second half Adrian fell behind by six in the third and then outscored the Lady Hornets 16 to 13 in the final quarter, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the third quarter deficit.

Friday night, January 22 the Lady Blackhawks traveled to Osceola for their first game in conference play. One of their losses had been to Osceola in the championship game of the conference tournament. Adrian was hoping to get revenge. Things didn’t start out well for the girls. They only managed to score 10 points in the first half as Osceola poured in 28. The Lady Blackhawks came out ready to play and mounted a comeback as they scored 17 points and held the Lady Indians to 6. But the fourth quarter proved fatal for Adrian as they allowed Osceola 21 points to their 13 as they lost the contest 40 to 55. Their overall record is now 9 and 3. Coach Dingman said, “We just could not get anything going on offense in the first half. We dug too big of a hole to get out of. We got it down to 2 points in the second half and then we couldn’t get any closer.”