The Adrian Blackhawks travel to South Bates County to take on the Rich Hill Tigers. The ladies kicked off the night for both teams. In a low-scoring contest, Adrain clung to a one possession lead after the opening quarter with 8-6 showing on the scoreboard. In the second quarter, the Lady Tigers were held to a mere 3 points, while the Lady Blackhawks stayed consistent and put up another 8, taking a 16-9 advantage into the intermission.

In the 3rd, Rich Hill matched their 1st quarter score, adding another 6 to their tally; while Adrian once again stayed steady scoring yet another 8 points, bringing the score to 24-15 as we headed into the fourth and final quarter. In the fourth, the Lady Blackhawks recorded 9 points, the Lady Tigers would match Adrian, scoring 9 of their own. The final would see the Lady Blackhawks victorious with a final of 33-24.

Riley Essenpries of the Lady Blackhawks would lead all scores for the game with 15 points. Maysi Miller led the Lady Tigers with 9.

Up next was a highly anticipated rematch between the Tigers and Blackhawks. The Tigers came into the contest with an 11-2 record, with one of their only 2 losses coming at the hands of the Blackhawks in an overtime thriller back in the Butler Tournament. The Tigers would look to even the match up, while the Blackhawks would seek to add to their 6 game winning streak and sweep the Tigers.

The main event matchup did not disappoint, as the Tigers and Blackhawks did indeed put on a show. It was a tightly contested game throughout, with 1 minute remaining in the beginning quarter the score was knotted up at 16 a piece. The Blackhawks would go on a 4-0 run to close out the quarter, leading them carry a 20-16 edge over the Tigers at the conclusion of 1.

The second would be yet another tightly contested quarter, but Adrian would narrowly increase their margin, walking into the locker room with a 37-32 advantage.

The second half would be much of the same, as the Blackhawks begin the final 8 minutes of play with a two possession lead with the score sitting at 51-45. In the last few minutes, the Tigers began to scratch and claw their way back, as they were able to force some late game turnovers, and drill a couple of last minute 3s, but Adrian sunk a pair of clutch free throws to be able hand the Tigers their 3rd loss on the season. When the final buzzer sounded, the Blackhawks were able to squeak out a 64-62 victory, and sweep the the Tigers on the season.

Brayden Chandler led all scores on the night with 32 points for the Tigers, while Zane Becker pitched in 13 as well.

Colin Kramer led the way for the Blackhawks with 31, while Mason Rusow added 11.

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