Round 2 of the holiday basketball tournament featured a third place contest between the Lady Patriots of Adams Central and Alliance. In a game Saturday in Broken Bow, the Bulldogs fought hard but fell 44 to 33. Alliance now sees their record drop to 0 and 8 on the year.
Six early Patriot points is how the ball game began. Later in the first quarter, a three by Bulldog Paz Cody helped Alliance close within 3 at 9 to 6. The Dogs would get their deficit to 9 to 8 but an Adams spree made the score 14 to 8 later in the contest. In the second, the Alliance offense was slowed as the Patriots slowly pulled away. Big three pointers by AC increased their lead to 24 to 9. The Patriots continued their red hot shooting in the third quarter. Another trey by the Patriots then pushed their advantage to 33 to 15. The next 5 points in the battle came from the Dogs. A steal and lay up by Macey Seebohm closed the Alliance margin to 33 to 20. Momentum then swung back to Hastings with Patriots netting 7 straight to go up 40 to 20. Bulldog Brooke Bailey added a bucket that made the tally 40 to 22 and another Bulldog goal sliced the Alliance margin to 40 to 24. In the fourth quarter, Seebohm nailed a three as Alliance got to within 13 at 40 to 27. Down the stretch though, it was the Lady Patriots making the plays to hold off a Bulldog comeback. Another three ball by Seebohm in the final minute made the final count Hastings Adams Central 44 Alliance 33.
Team stats had Alliance ending with 31 rebounds 8 assists and 6 steals.
The Bulldogs will be at home both Friday and Saturday January 3-4.