By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
The defending state Class 5A champion and current top-ranked Seaman Lady Vikings hosted the Lansing Lions in their first home game of the season on Tuesday, improving to 2-0 with a 70-22 romp past the Lions.
Seaman senior Anna Becker led the way with 17 points in Tuesday's 70-22 UKC win over Lansing. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]
The Lady Vikes jumped out to an 11-0 lead in the first three minutes of the game, forcing a Lansing timeout. The lead was extended to 17-0 before Lansing scored its first basket. The quarter ended with Seaman leading 32-5.
The hot shooting of the Lady Vikes cooled in the second quarter and they only outscored the Lions 15-9, taking a commanding 47-14 lead into halftime.
The third quarter began like the start of the game, with the Lady Vikes scoring the first nine points of the quarter to lead 56-14 and forcing the Lions to take a timeout. Lansing hit two 3-pointers to end the quarter and the Lady Vikes led 63-20 going to the fourth quarter.
The running clock was in effect for the fourth quarter and the Lady Vikes cruised to the 48-point victory.
“The conversation before the game was to come out and be sharp and keep building those good habits,'' Seaman coach Matt Tinsley said. "The ball will find the right person to shoot if you keep moving it and I thought we did that tonight, especially in the first quarter.”
The Lady Vikes had six players score at least six points which Tinsley commented, “I like our balance.”
Seaman junior Maddie Gragg scored 14 points Tuesday as the Vikings rolled to a 70-22 win over Lansing. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]
Seaman junior Ryin Miller scored 14 points as the Vikings improved to 2-0 with a 70-22 win over Lansing. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]
The Lady Vikes were led in scoring by senior Anna Becker with 17 points while juniors Maddie Gragg and Ryin Miller tallied 14 points each. Becker also had 7 steals, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and one block for the game. With her seven steals Becker took over the No. 1 spot on Seaman's all-time list with 214 for her career.
Sophomore Cara Beaton contributed 3 assists and 4 steals. Seaman forced 26 turnovers in the game.
The Lansing Lions were led by junior Jordyn Koontz with 12 points and senior Hannah McNabb scored 8 points.
Seaman (2-0, 2-0 UKC) will travel across town on Friday night to face the Chargers of Topeka West.
SEAMAN GIRLS 70, LANSING 22
Lansing 5 9 6 2 -- 22
Seaman 32 15 16 7 -- 70
Lansing (0-1, 0-1) -- McNabb 3-4 0-1 8, Koontz 4-9 1-2 12, Peterson 0-0 0-0 0, Frederick 0-0 0-0 0, Martynowski 0-0 0-0 0, Burnett 0-0 0-0 0, Garza 0-0 0-0 0, Malm 0-2 0-0 0, Schneider 0-0 0-2 0, Callaway 1-7 0-0 2. Totals 8-22 1-5 22.
Seaman (2-0, 2-0) -- Frickey 0-1 0-0 0, Ketron 1-1 0-0 2, Stallbaumer 3-8 0-0 7, Miller 5-6 2-3 14, Spencer 0-1 0-2 0, Beaton 2-4 0-0 6, Becker 6-11 5-8 17, Wilhelm 0-4 2-2 2, Gragg 6-11 0-0 14, Esser 3-6 1-2 7, Dreher 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 26-55 11-17 70.
3 point goals - Lansing 5 (Koontz 3, McNabb 2), Seaman 7 (Miller 2, Beaton 2, Gragg 2, Stallbaumer). Total Fouls - Lansing 12, Seaman 7. Fouled out - none.
