Simply days after signing a letter of intent to play school soccer, George Maddox saved the day for the Cougars on the basketball courtroom.
Maddox made 4 big performs for Ada and capped his late spurt by sinking two mammoth free throws with 6.1 seconds left within the sport to present the Cougars a dramatic 50-48 win over Fort Gibson within the Pink Out Night time Friday contained in the Cougar. Exercise middle.
Maddox's two free throws capped a exceptional Ada comeback that noticed the hosts erase every of a 12-point second-half deficit.
Ada, ranked No. 9 in Class 4A, improved to 16-6 earlier than a Senior Night time showdown with the Seminoles on Monday. The Cougars are then scheduled to make a visit to Tuttle for a Class 4A event contest with the host Tigers on Saturday evening.
Fort Gibson left city at 14-Eight.
“It was a superb, stable staff win,” Ada boys coach Kyle Caufield instructed The Ada Information. “Basketball is a sport of runs and it’s important to discover a technique to reply. We responded within the fourth quarter and I've been in video games like this sufficient to know what it takes to get to the end line.”
Within the ladies contest, No. Four Fort Gibson knocked off Ada 47-28. The Woman Cougars have misplaced eight straight, falling to Eight-14 on the yr. The Woman Tigers improved to 17-5.
boys
Ada 50, Fort Gibson 48
Maddox began his streak of massive performs when he crashed to the ground and compelled a jumper with simply over two minutes left within the sport to get the possession arrow in Ada's course.
Devon MacCollister hit a tricky, baseline floater with 1:37 left that tied the rating at 48-48.
After Tremain Grey missed a pair of free throws with 42.Eight ticks left, Maddox was Johnny once more, developing with an offensive rebound.
After a late turnover by Ada, Ky Murrell tried a brief jumper down the baseline and the ball danced to the rim earlier than falling. Maddox blocked his man and was fouled as he fired within the rebound.
After making what turned out to be the game-winning two free throws, Fort Gibson's Brody Scott launched a 45-foot shot from half courtroom that hit the again of the rim as time expired.
Caufield had excessive reward for Maddox and the vitality he brings to the desk.
“George is a competitor. He provides his all each time he steps on the sphere. He performs with a number of vitality and emotion,” he mentioned. “He comes up with additional possessions on a regular basis due to his effort and willingness to not quit a play. That's what he's performed his entire basketball profession and he got here up with some massive ones late within the sport tonight and made the free throws to enrich it.”
The Cougars trailed by 12 late within the third quarter earlier than MacCollister hit a 25-foot Three-pointer that put the Cougars up 42-33 heading into the fourth interval. Ada outscored the Tigers 17-6 within the closing eight minutes.
Ada received off to a robust begin towards Fort Gibson, leaping out to a 17-Eight lead. However the Tigers got here again, outscoring Ada 14-Four within the second interval to take a slim 22-21 halftime lead. Each groups scored 12 factors apiece within the third interval earlier than Ada took off within the fourth body.
“I assumed we did a very good job of getting off to a sizzling begin and getting a run to finish the primary quarter. We actually took what the protection was giving us,” Caufield mentioned. “We cooled down within the second, began urgent on the offensive finish and turned the ball over, permitting them to get out in transition and hit some open photographs. We speak about how it’s important to preserve defending your self and discover a technique to cease till you will get again up, and we did that.”
Ada was hit by 19 free throws and sank simply 6 of 16 (37.5%) free throws. The Tigers had been no higher from the stripe, making simply 5 of 17 (29.Four) makes an attempt.
MacCollister led all scorers with 18 factors for Ada, together with a trio of Three-pointers. Caron Richardson additionally hit double figures with 12 factors and a triple. Tremain Grey adopted with eight factors and scored 5 massive factors throughout Ada's fourth-quarter rally. He made a pair of Three-pointers.
Carter Colombe was restricted to only 4 factors, however had a team-high eight rebounds together with 4 assists and a pair of blocked photographs.
Fort Gibson received 13 factors from Scott, 9 within the second half. Cooper Wicks additionally hit double figures with 11 factors and Blaine Scott adopted with eight. Wicks, Blaine Scott and Cooper Crawley hit Three-pointers for the guests.
GIRLS
Fort Gibson 47, Ada 28
The highly effective Woman Tigers began the competition on a 15-5 run and had a 24-12 lead at halftime.
The Woman Cougars received back-to-back Three-pointers from Rylynn Truett, Abbey Sturdy and Sadie Epps throughout a 9-Three run to open the third interval to chop the Fort Gibson result in 27-21 on the 5:04 mark.
Nevertheless, Ada didn't rating once more within the quarter till Karsyn Woods hit 1 of two free throws with no time left on the clock. However by then, Fort Gibson's lead was again to 34-22.
Ada was as chilly as discipline ice.
After Epps' Three-pointer with simply over 5 minutes left within the third quarter, the Woman Cougars didn't make one other discipline purpose till Truett banked in a shot from the highest off the glass with just below two minutes left sport left. In that span, Fort Gibson used an 18-1 run to increase its result in 45-22.
Truett led Ada with eight factors and Makaviya Nelson adopted with six. Epps added 5 factors for the locals.
Laynee Standley led Fort Gibson with 15 factors and Kashae Brown adopted with 9 factors and eight rebounds for the guests.