Adams's court talent made instant impact

Short and to the point. That may be the best way to sum up the high school basketball career of Lindsay Adams at Indian River.

In just two seasons for the Warriors, Adams accumulated 1,071 total points, averaging an astounding 23.3 points a game. She added 317 rebounds, 231 assists, 72 3-point field goals and shot an exceptional 52 percent from the field. After those two seasons, she was gone, and Frontier League opponents barely knew what hit them.

Adams arrived at Indian River after her sophomore year, transferring from Oneonta when she moved into the district. In her entire five-year varsity career for Indian River, Oneonta and New Berlin she accumulated 2,028 points, one of the top five point totals ever for a girls basketball player in Section 3.

Adams and former Sandy Creek standout Terri Haynes are the only two Frontier League girls basketball players to total more than 2,000 points in a career.

The Warriors went 43-3 during Adams's stay and did not lose to a Frontier League team, going unbeaten in the league in consecutive years. They won 32 straight games at one point. During the 6-foot point guard's senior year in 2001, Indian River reached the Section 3 Class B-1 final, going 22-1. Adams made the Class A all-state second team, and was a two-time Times All-North Frontier League MVP.

Adams held virtually every Indian River single-season record when she finished her career. Last season, Chloe Armstrong broke Adams's overall scoring mark.

From Indian River, Adams went on to play Division I basketball at the University of New Hampshire, becoming the first Frontier League player to do so. She was a three-year starter for the Wildcats, winning America East all-star mention, and played every position on the court during her time year before graduating in 2006.

Adams, who is now an athletic trainer at Hofstra University, returns to Indian River occasionally and helps her high school coach Jim Whitley at the school basketball camp.

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