By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman's girls basketball team continues to show improvement, a point the Vikings drove home Wednesday night in a 40-29 Centennial League win over Junction City.
The Vikings had dropped a 41-37 decision to the Blue Jays eight days earlier, but took control early in the rematch, building a double-digit advantage by halftime.
Seaman, which improved to 5-9 overall and 5-6 in the league, took a 12-5 first-quarter lead and were in control by a 24-11 margin at the half.
The Vikings struggled offensively at times, hitting just 15 of 57 shots (26.3 percent) on the night, but Seaman turned in a solid defensive performance, with Junction City's 15-point third quarter the only time the Blue Jays scored more than 6 points in a quarter.
Junction City shot 27.8 percent and committed 17 turnovers.
Freshman Taylin Stallbaumer led Seaman with 12 points while sophomore Carstyn Anderson added 9 points and senior Riley Cowan 8.
Senior Mellana Davis led Junction City (5-11, 3-9) with 12 points while senior Lucy Rivera added 10.
SEAMAN GIRLS 40, JUNCTION CITY 29
Junction City 5 6 15 3 -- 29
Seaman 12 12 12 4 -- 40
Junction City (5-11, 3-9) -- Robinson 0 1-1 1, Harris 0-3 0-0 0, Davis 5-12 2-4 12, Deguzman 2-5 2-2 6, Rivera 3-15 3-4 10, Nabus 0-1 0-0 0, Gold 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-36 8-11 29.
Seaman (5-9, 5-6) -- Kramer 3-9 0-0 6, C. Anderson 3-5 2-2 9, Cowan 4-11 0-0 8, Stallbaumer 3-12 6-7 12, J. Anderson 1-5 0-0 2, Gormley 1-4 0-0 2, Schumann 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 15-57 9-11 40.
3-point goals -- Junction City 1-6 (Rivera 1-4, Harris 0-2), Seasman 1-9 (C. Anderson 1-2, Kramer 0-3, Stallbaumer 0-3, Schumann 0-1). Total fouls -- Junction City 12, Seaman 10. Fouled out -- none.
