By John RittenhouseThe Adrian girls’ basketball team bounced back from a Thursday loss to record back-to-back wins.After Southwest Star Concept nipped the Dragons by three points in Adrian Thursday, AHS secured a 36-point home victory over Windom Saturday. The Dragons posted a 10-point win over Red Rock Central in Jeffers Tuesday.Adrian, 8-7 overall, hosts Westbrook-Walnut Grove Friday and Round Lake-Brewster Tuesday.Adrian 64, RRC 54The Dragons delivered a birthday gift to head coach Randy Strand when they defeated the Falcons by 10 points in Jeffers Tuesday.After trailing the Falcons in the first half, the Dragons scored the final six points of the half to gain a 25-23 lead.AHS proceeded to score the first 10 points of the second half to gain control of the game much to the pleasure of Strand, who was observing his 50th birthday."The girls gave me a nice birthday present," he said.Sam Lynn, who charted four steals, recorded a double-double by scoring 15 points and passing for 10 assists. Brittany Bullerman scored 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Kelsey Tjepkes snared six rebounds and Emily Thier added five assists to the cause.Box scoreEr.Thier 1 1 0-0 5, Em.Thier 1 0 0-0 2, Tjepkes 3 0 3-4 9, N.Lynn 2 0 2-4 6, S.Lyn 4 1 4-6 15, K.Bullerman 3 0 3-4 9, B.Bullerman 6 0 2-2 14, Kt.Wiertsema 2 0 0-0 4.Team statisticsAdrian: 24 of 56 field goals (43 percent), 12 of 20 free throws (70 percent), 30 rebounds, 10 turnovers.RRC: 23 of 65 field goals (35 percent), five of 14 free throws (36 percent), 34 rebounds, 17 turnovers.Adrian 70, Windom 34The Dragons turned in one of the most impressive efforts of the season when they dominated the Eagles by 36 points Saturday in Adrian.Adrian raced to a 15-point lead (34-19) in the first half and iced the contest by outscoring Windom 36-15 in the final 18 minutes of play."We played pretty well," said AHS coach Strand. "We put some pressure on them and got some easy buckets."Brittany Bullerman led the Dragons with 22 points, 12 rebounds and three steals in the game. Katlin Wiertsema also recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.Samantha Lynn added 14 points and five assists to the winning cause.Box scoreEr.Thier 1 0 0-0 2, Em.Thier 1 0 0-0 2, Tjepkes 2 0 0-0 4, N.Lynn 1 0 1-4 3, S.Lynn 4 1 3-3 14, Reisdorfer 2 0 4-4 8, Kl.Wiertsema 1 0 0-0 2, Block 0 1 0-0 3, B.Bullerman 8 0 6-10 22, Kt.Wiertsema 5 0 0-1 10.Team statisticsAdrian: 26 of 68 field goals (38 percent), 14 of 22 free throws (64 percent), 49 rebounds, 14 turnovers.Windom: 11 of 54 field goals (20 percent), 11 of 20 free throws (55 percent), 30 rebounds, 24 turnovers.SSC 42, Adrian 39A late-game rally by the hosts fell three points short when the Dragons entertained the Quasars Thursday in Adrian.Trailing by 10 points (34-24) with 7:46 left to play in the game, Adrian clawed its way back into the contest by putting together a 15-6 run capped by two free throws from Samantha Lynn with 25.6 seconds remaining to trail 40-39.SSC’s Shannon Hussong canned two free throws with 18.1 seconds showing on the clock to give the Quasars a three-point cushion. Adrian put up two potential game-tying shots in the final six seconds, but both attempts came up empty.After facing three two-point deficits in the early stages of the game, SSC gained its first lead at 7-6 and never trailed the rest of the game.The Quasars led 17-16 before closing the first half with a 6-0 spurt to gain a 23-16 advantage at the intermission.Lynn finished the game with 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Dragons. Brittany Bullerman led the hosts with 11 rebounds. Kayla Bullerman recorded five steals.Box scoreEr.Thier 2 0 0-1 4, Em.Thier 1 1 0-0 5, Tjepkes 0 0 2-2 2, N.Lynn 0 0 0-0 0, Reisdorfer 0 0 0-0 0, K.Bullerman 3 0 0-1 6, B.Bullerman 2 0 2-2 6, Wiertsema 0 0 2-2 2, S.Lynn 4 1 3-4 14.Team statisticsAdrian: 14 of 49 field goals (29 percent), nine of 12 free throws (75 percent), 29 rebounds, 17 turnovers.SSC: 17 of 49 field goals (35 percent), seven of 10 free throws (70 percent), 26 rebounds, 13 turnovers.