By Cort Reynolds
The Ada High School girls basketball team tipped off its season with a 54-30 loss at non-league foe McComb Friday night, November 24.
Panther freshman guard Morgan Kern fired in five three-point field goals to tally a game-high 21 points in her varsity debut. No one else on either team canned a single trey.
McComb jumped to an 18-9 lead after the first period as the 5-9 Kern hit two triples. She added another trey in the second stanza as the Panthers stretched the lead to 27-16 at the half.
The Panthers outscored Ada 27-14 after intermission to pull away and capture the win. Kern nailed two more trifectas and scored eight points to lead McComb to an 11-7 third quarter edge.
The Bulldog girls start off 0-1 after the road defeat. McComb is 1-0.
