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By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School girls basketball team lost a 53-52 nailbiter to visiting non-conference foe Marion Elgin on Saturday afternoon, December 27.

Comet Madison Hill sank the tie-breaking free throw with 20 seconds remaining to put the visitors on top, 53-52. The second foul shot was waved off due to a lane violation.

Ada then got off a late jump shot to win it, yet missed. The Bulldogs dropped to 6-5 overall with the close home loss. Elgin improved to 6-3 with the one-point road victory.

“I was happy with how hard we played and competed,” said Ada head coach Zach Ricker.
Ada trailed 16-9 after the first quarter, but pulled within 25-23 at halftime. Senior Anna Conley scored seven points in the second period as the Bulldogs outscored the Comets, 14-9.

Conley tacked on six points in the third stanza and Te’a Griffith added four markers to pace Ada to a 15-11 period and a 38-36 lead heading to the final quarter.

In the fourth period, Comet junior guard Maycee Muselin poured in 13 of her game-high 26 points to help propel the visitors to victory. She canned six of her 10 field goals in the final quarter, which Elgin won
17-14.

Conley tallied 13 of her team-high 19 points in the middle periods to lead Ada to a 29-20 advantage over the second and third stanzas.

Bulldog freshman guard Lucy Carter contributed 10 points with two triples. Fellow freshman Griffith added nine points on three baskets and three free tosses.

Junior guard Kenley Poling scored all seven of her points in the first half with the aid of two treys. The Bulldog girls canned 14 two-point goals, splashed four triples and converted 12 of 18 free throws (67 percent).

Senior Ella Abbott added 10 points for the Comets. The Comets connected on 16 two-pointers, drilled four treys and converted nine of 14 charity stripe tries (64 percent).

Ada fell to 2-3 at home this season with the close defeat.

The Bulldog girls (2-2 BVC) host league foe Arcadia (5-2, 2-2 BVC) on Tuesday, Dec. 30 to close out the 2025 portion of its schedule.

Ada and the Redskins are in a three-way tie for fifth place in the 11-tem Blanchard Valley Conference with McComb.
 

Ada 52 (6-5)
Poling 2 1-2 7, St. Laurent 1 0-0 2, Smith 1 0-0 2, Carter 3 2-4 10,
Conley 7 5-8 19, Hevlin 1 1-1 3, Griffith 3 3-3 9.
Totals: 14-4/12-18/52. 3-pointers: Poling 2, Carter 2.

Elgin 53 (6-3)
Matthews 1 1-2 4, Hill 1 1-2 3, Jordan Wall 2 1-2 6, Abbott 2 2-2 10,
Muselin 10 6-6 26, Leonard 1 0-2 2, A. Stutler 1 0-0 2.
Totals: 16-4/9-14/53. 3-pointers: Abbott 2, Matthews 1, Jo. Wall 1.