It had been far from her best game, but there was still a chance. St. Paul Como Park’s Andrayah Adams, considered the metro area’s best natural scorer, stood 20 feet from the basket, the ball in her hands and her team trailing by three with just 1:30 left.

Adams let the uncontested three-pointer fly and it looked true. But, like so many of her other shots Wednesday, the ball fell just short, taking with it the No. 3-seeded Cougars’ state championship dreams. Unseeded Becker pulled off the second big upset of the Class 3A tournament with a 62-57 victory at Mariucci Arena.

“I always feel confident in my shot,” said Adams, who surpassed 3,000 career points this season for the Cougars (24-6). “Today, they just weren’t going in.” Adams finished with 11 points, 14 below her season average.

Becker was saddled with the baggage of nine losses, including three of its last four regular season games. But the Bulldogs felt they were a better team than their record showed and went into the game with something to prove.

“We thought we should have been seeded higher, just because of some of the teams we’ve beaten,” said senior guard Amanda Lindsay, who scored a team-high 18 points for Becker. “We were so prepared for this game.”

Becker (20-9) led 25-24, at halftime, then looked to senior center Alex Johnson to make her presence felt. Johnson didn’t score in the first half but took control in the second, scoring 14 points and grabbing 12 of her 18 rebounds.

“In the first half, we might have played a little too fast,” Johnson said. “In the second half, we slowed things down and executed better.”

First report

With leading scorer Andrayah Adams cold from the floor and in foul trouble for much of the game, No. 3 St. Paul Como Park’s attempt at a second-half rally fell just short as unseeded Becker advanced to the Class 3A semifinals with a 62-57 victory.

Amanda Lindsay scored 18 points and Alex Johnson added 14 – all after halftime – for the Bulldogs (20-9).

Adams finished with 11 points, 14 less than her per-game average.

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