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Seward County started strong in the 2024-25 season after going 2-0 on the opening weekend that was followed up Tuesday afternoon with a dominant win over West Texas, with the Lady Saints taking down the Westerners 77-46 inside of the Green House for their home opener.
Seward opened the contest with guns blazing from long-range. Maddie Kincaide, Kylee Hunt, and Avery Marchino all nailed in a triple to help push Seward ahead 13-0 and force an early timeout from the Westerners. It was raining inside the Green House for the Lady Saints with every shot seeming to go in with an off-balanced floater from Chloe Burnham finding its way in to make it a 23-5 lead before a pair at the stripe from Marchino helped end the first 10 minutes with Seward fully in control with a 25-8 lead.
West Texas opened the second quarter with an 8-0 run to close the gap on the Lady Saints until a pair of fast-break layups from Marchino and Hunt helped the Lady Saints charge back to a 33-16 lead.
Kincaide helped keep the scoring alive for Seward in the final two minutes of the half while Allie Myers used her long reach to intercept a pass and take it to the basket for two, and Kezia Grant-Bobb wrapped up the quarter with an offensive rebound that turned into a turnaround jumper for two to make it 44-24 Seward entering the halftime break.
Grant-Bobb’s scoring carried over into the second half with a pair of scores in the paint to keep the Lady Saints’ lead at 20, while a fastbreak score from Hunt off another Myers steal put Seward over the 50-point mark for a 50-35 lead.
Destiny Alexander entered into the matchup and hauled in rebound after rebound with a big offensive board that quickly led to two points followed by a cashed-in three from Hunt to make it 57-35 with three minutes left in the third. Burnham pushed the tempo throughout the final minutes of the quarter to keep momentum in favor of Seward with a pull-up jumper from the free throw stripe to send the Lady Saints into the fourth with a 62-35 lead over the Westerners.
The final quarter continued the high level scoring Seward had throughout the contest with Burnham draining a three from the wing and Marchino nailing another mid-range jumper to make it 70-43 Seward.
A parade at the free throw stripe from the Lady Saints helped stretch their lead out even further as RaMya Kennedy was fouled on a three and nailed all three from the stripe to begin what ended as seven straight made free throws to end the game 77-46 for a home-opener win inside the Green House.
Hunt led all scorers with 18 points to go with eight rebounds and six steals while Grant-Bobb and Marchino each scored 13 points with five rebounds. Myers who usually is on double-double watch was on triple-double watch against West Texas. The sophomore forward finished the night with eight points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists to also go with five steals and two blocks.
Seward County remained perfect to start the year with a 3-0 record in non-conference action and will continue their non-conference schedule Thursday when they host the Otero Rattlers for the second time in two weeks in a 6 p.m. matchup.
