The Adrian boys basketball team entered Thursday night’s game at Chelsea High School in the basement of the Southeastern Conference standings. Despite the Maples’ less than stellar record, the Bulldogs knew not to take them lightly based on the teams’ first meeting, in which Adrian was 11-of-16 from 3-point range and fell just short of a fourth quarter comeback.

To avoid such a hot-streak from even starting, Chelsea coach Robin Raymond had his team run a full court press and set the defensive intensity.

“Our goal going into the game was we really wanted to set a tempo from the defensive end,” Raymond said.

The Bulldogs (11-5, 7-5 SEC White) did exactly that, forcing 14 turnovers and taking a 29-7 lead into halftime.

The Bulldogs went on to win 50-35 in a game Raymond said his team played “as hard as we've played all year.”

MORE BOYS BASKETBALL Central Academy 81, Jackson Da Vinci Institute 51: Falcons put up 36 to pull away in the third quarter. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

Clinton 68, Petersburg-Summerfield 50: Redskins avenge only loss as Nic Greenwood surpasses 1,000 career points. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

Salem 58, Canton 50: Salem comes back from a 25-17 halftime deficit in cross-campus rivalry. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

Southfield Christian 68, Calvary Christian 20: Game details not available.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Manchester 50, Hanover-Horton 37: McKenna Erkfritz records second straight double-double in Flying Dutch win. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

Father Gabriel Richard 47, Lenawee Christian 42: Fighting Irish pick up a nonconference road win. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

Carleton Airport 40, Milan 33: Seventeen missed layups and nine missed free throws doom the Big Reds. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

Adrian 35, Chelsea 28: Offense at a premium as Bulldogs manage just 10 second half points. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

Washtenaw Christian at Taylor Trillium: Postponed due to power outage. Unlikely to be rescheduled.

BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING SEC Tri-Meet at Chelsea: Pioneer's Nick Nemetz sets pool record as Pioneers sweep Chelsea and Ypsilanti. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

Skyline 130, Bedford 56; Monroe 105, Skyline 81: Skyline goes 1-1 in final SEC regular season contest. (Rest of the Story | Boxscore)

SEC Tri-meet at Tecumseh: Dexter sweeps Huron and Tecumseh; Huron earns split with win over Indians. (Rest of the Story | Results)

BOYS BOWLING Adrian 23, Skyline 7: (Results)

Chelsea 23, Huron 7: (Results)

Saline 21, Ypsilanti 9: (Results)

Tecumseh 22, Pioneer 8: (Results)

GIRLS BOWLING Adrian 23, Skyline 7: (Results)

Chelsea 28, Huron 2: (Results)

Saline 21, Ypsilanti 9: (Results)

Tecumseh 30, Pioneer 0: (Results)

Tonight's high school roundup was compiled by Pete Cunningham, Bob Gross and Ryan Larimore.