By Cort Reynolds
MARION - The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team lost to non-conference foe Marion Elgin 49-26 Saturday evening, December 28.
The defeat dropped the Bulldog record to 1-8 overall. The Comet girls improved to 6-4 after the home victory.
The Bulldogs trailed 13-2 after the first period. Elgin posted a 12-7 second period to lead 25-9 at halftime.
A Comet 17-2 third period put the game well out of reach, 42-11. Ada rebounded to win the fourth stanza, 15-7.
Ada junior post Anna Conley scored all seven Bulldog points in the second stanza. She finished with nine markers.
Sophomore guard Kenley Poling tallied five points, and Ashley Hevlin added four. Grace Lawrence sank a fourth period triple for her first varsity points.
