McAdams has played one of the toughest schedules in Class 1A basketball.
That schedule is starting to play dividends. The Lady Bulldogs hammered division foe Coffeeville 60-25 on Friday night after beating Eupora 57-38 on Tuesday night.
McAdams improves to 6-6 on the year and coach Michael Huffman said the Lady Bulldogs seem to be coming together at the right time.
“We have played a really tough schedule,” Huffman said. “We lost a good many players from last year and I wanted to make the schedule challenging. You can load it up with weaker teams and build some wins but what do you get out of that? I think we have one of the best schedules in Class 1A. I’ve been telling the girls that it was going to pay off and I think they saw that on Friday night. I was really proud of them, they have worked hard.”
McAdams will return to play this week as it was set to host Eupora on Tuesday. Then on Thursday, they will host Leake County in the McAdams Christmas Tournament and then will host Leake Central on Friday to finish out the calendar year. Their first game after the Christmas break is Jan. 11 as they host J.Z. George.
McAdams girls 60,
Coffeeville 25
The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a big lead in the first period and cruised to the 35-point win to open division play.
McAdams jumped out to a 24-4 lead at the end of the first period and led 33-11 at the half. The Lady Bulldogs continued to extend the lead in the second half as they outscored Coffeeville 17-7 in the third and 10-7 in the fourth.
Jakyra Young led McAdams with 20 points and also had eight rebounds, six blocks three assists and three steals. Cavian Bolton had 12 points, eight assists, five rebounds and four steals. Kiara Brown had nine points, 14 rebounds, five assists and two steals.
There was no information available on the McAdams and Coffeeville boys game.
McAdams girls 57,
Eupora 38
The Lady Bulldogs finished off the Lady Eagles with a big four period to take a 19-point win on Tuesday.
McAdams led 11-9 at the end of the first and 21-14 at the half. After each team scored 14 points in the third period, the Lady Bulldogs used a 22-10 advantage to cruise to the win.
Jakyra Young led McAdams with 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Kiara Brown had 20 points, nine assists, six rebounds and three blocks. Cavian Bolton also had eight points.
McAdams boys 62,
Eupora 52
The Bulldogs grabbed a first-period lead and never looked back as they used that advantage to take a 10-point win last week.
McAdams led 26-15 at the end of the first before Eupora outscored the Bulldogs 14-11 in the second to make the score 37-29 at the half. But the Bulldogs outscored the Eagles 16-14 in the third and 11-9 in the fourth to take the win.
Querrion Gadson led McAdams with 22 pants while T’Caivan Bolton and Corte Dotson each had 10 points apiece. Deon Wilkins also chipped in nine points.
