Southern Wells made the difficult trip in a snowstorm to the StarDome in Berne and maintained their position in the top half of the ACAC standings with a 58-33 victory over the Starfires.
Ashlie Needler led the visitors with 16 points, dominating down low and winning the battle on the boards against the young Starfires.
South Adams were led by Ana Lehman with nine points.
Much like the temperature outside, it took the visitors a while to get going. They led just 23-19 at half time, but then clamped down on defense, forcing turnovers in the third quarter and ballooned their lead to 16 heading into the final period.
“The girls did a real good job of battling tonight,” said head coach Brett Freeman after his team fell to 3-13 on the season. “We really made them work for everything in the first half.”
Speaking of the fateful third quarter, Freeman chalked up the loss to failing to take care of the ball.
“We came out in the third quarter and just struggled to be strong with the ball and our decision making.”
Despite the loss, Freeman feels his team is making improvement on the defensive end.
“Our defense has definitely improved a lot these last few games,” said the coach, whose team will face Jay County in the ACAC tourney opener Tuesday.
Kenley Geels led the junior varsity Stars with a double-double, scoring 15 points and grabbing ten rebounds.
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