She earned Junior College All-American honors both years at the school, and as a sophomore, led her team to a runner-up finish at the NJCAA DI Women's Basketball Championship and a 34–1 record.

Baylor beat Texas A&M in both regular season meetings, and in the Big Twelve conference tournament game.

Baylor cut the margin to seven points, but could not get any closer, and Texas A&M went on to win the first game in their last nine meetings, and move on to the Final Four.

Notre Dame would tie the game later, but Adams responded with two consecutive baskets to give her team a lead it would never relinquish.

[13] Source[14] Adams was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (20th overall) by the San Antonio Silver Stars.

At the time of the decision, Adams was the leading scorer among rookies in the league, with a scoring average of 15.6 points per game.

Adams was one of four rookies on the All-Star team, the other three being Maya Moore, Courtney Vandersloot and Liz Cambage.

[18] Adams was suspended on July 29, 2015, by the WNBA for three games without pay due to violation of the league's Anti-Drug Policy for unspecified charges.