By Cort Reynolds
The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team started slowly and lost 51-15 at league leader Leipsic in Northwest Conference play Thursday, February 2.
Ada fell to 10-10 overall and 0-7 in the NWC with the defeat. Meanwhile, first-place Leipsic improved to 18-1 and 7-0 in the NWC after the win.
Leipsic ran out to a 13-0 lead after the first period and never trailed. The 11th-ranked Vikings led 34-6 at halftime and 44-1 after three quarters.
Senior guard Courtney Sumner led Ada with eight points. Olivia Burkhart sank the lone Bulldog trifecta.
Whitney Langhals scored a dozen points for the Vikings. Kyrsten Martinez also netted 12 points on four triples.
Ada canned five deuces and a single triple for just six total baskets. The Bulldog girls converted two of five free throws (40 percent).
Leipsic drilled 14 two-point field goals and hit six triples. The Vikings converted five of six foul shots (83 percent).
Ada won the two-quarter reserve contest, 10-6.
Leipsic will visit fellow league unbeaten Delphos Jefferson (6-0 NWC) for the NWC title in their conference finale, a makeup game showdown.
Ada 15 (10-10, 0-7 NWC)
King 1 0-0 2, Gibson 1 0-0 2, Sumner 3 2-3 8, Burkhart 1 0-0 3, Poling 0 0-0 0, Andreasen 0, Sizemore 0 0-0 0, Conley 0 0-2 0.
Totals: 5-1/2-5/15. 3-pointers: Burkhart 1.
Leipsic 51 (18-1, 7-0 NWC)
Fausey 1 0-0 2, Martinez 4 0-0 12, Kirkendall 3 2-2 8, Henry 1 2-2 5, Hermiller 3 0-0 6, Langhals 5 1-2 12, Haselman 3 0-0 6.
Totals 14-6/5-6/51. 3-pointers: Martinez 4, Langhals 1, Henry 1.
1 2 3 4 F
Ada 0 6 5 4 15
Leip 13 21 10 7 51
2-quarter JV: Ada 10, Leipsic 6.
Ada hosts non-league foe Waynesfield (8-10) Tuesday, February 7. The Bulldogs then end the regular season at Spencerville (9-11, 2-5 NWC) Thursday, Feb. 9.
"We just have to be ready to go and move on from tonight," said Lady Bulldog head coach Zach Ricker. "Waynesfield is a team that is going to play hard and compete."
