Playing in Leipsic, the Ada High School boys basketball team was outscored by the hosting Vikings 92-54 in a Northwest Conference makeup game Saturday night, February 5.

Ada trailed 17-9 after the first quarter and 45-28 at halftime. Leipsic outscored the Bulldogs 47-26 after intermission.

Viking guard Mason Brandt fired in 41 points to pace the victors.

Senior Cayden Murphy led Ada with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Carter Conley contributed a dozen points. Ethan Murphy tallied eight points, while Jaden Leal amassed seven points and seven rebounds.

The Bulldogs dropped to 4-15 overall and 0-6 in the NWC after suffering the loss. Meanwhile, Leipsic improved to 13-5 and 4-3 in their first NWC campaign with the win.

Ada hit the bottom of the net on 17 field shots, netting 11 two-pointers and six trifectas. The Bulldogs converted 14 of 22 charity stripe attempts (64 percent).

Leipsic canned 32 field goals, connecting on 26 two-pointers and six triples. The Vikings converted 22 of 26 free throw attempts (85 percent). 

Ada 54 (4-15, 0-6 NWC)

C. Murphy 6 8-11 20, Conley 4 2-4 12, Sutherly 0 0-1 0, Leal 2 3-4 7, Preston 1 0-0 3, E. Murphy 3 0-0 8, Hoffer 0 1-2 1, Jones 1 0-0 3.

Totals: 11-6/14-22/54. 3-pointers: E. Murphy 2, Conley 2, Preston 1, Jones 1.

Leipsic 92 (13-5, 4-3 NWC)

Brandt 13 12-15 41, Liffick 1 0-0 3, Schroeder 1 2-2 5, Ellerbrock 2 1-1 5, Niese 1 0-0 2, Siefker 4 0-0 10, Maag 9 3-3 21, Pena 3 0-0 7, Brecht 0 3-3 3, Scheckelhoff 2 1-2 5.

Totals: 26-6/22-26/92. 3-pointers: Brandt 3, Liffick 1, Pena 1, Schroeder 1.

1 2 3 4 F

Ada 9 19 19 7 54

Leip 17 28 24 23 92

The Bulldogs visit league foe Spencerville (14-3, 3-2 NWC) Friday, February 11. Ada then travels to Lima to take on Temple Christian (3-14) Saturday, Feb. 12.