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The Seward County Saints fell into a familiar pattern and lost to No. 5 ranked and Jayhawk-leading Cowley Community College, 69-43, Saturday at the Greenhouse.
The Saints fell to 2-12 in the Jayhawk Conference and 3-16 overall. Seward begins a stretch with four of its next five games on the road, beginning with a trip to Butler Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Liberal finished sixth at the Halstead basketball tournament after turning in a 1-2 performance.
After defeating host Halstead 67-61 in the second round of the tournament, the Redskins fell to Garden Plain, 59-41.
Garden Plain jumped out to an early 18-8 lead and continued to build a 30-17 halftime advantage.
After dropping the opening game of the Tonganoxie basketball tournament, the Lady Redskins reeled off back-to-back wins to finish fifth.
The only team to beat the Lady Redskins, St. James Academy, went on to win the tournament.
After falling to St.James, the Lady Redskins responded by knocking off Bonner Springs 63-47.
Shamari Lewis led the Lady Redskins with 20 points. Maliyah Mullens scored 12, and Kamilah Delgado and Zoey Torres each had 10.
After falling to top seeded Haven at the Halstead Tournament 66-31, the Redskins battled back to defeat fourth seeded Halstead 67-61.
Liberal entered the tournament as the eighth seed and had to rally in the second half to knock off the Dragons.
The Redskins trailed 15-9 after the first quarter, and Halstead extended the lead to 35-25 at half.
The Lady Redskins battled St. James Academy to a two-point game late in the third quarter, but St. James pulled away late in the period and dominated the fourth to hand the Lady Redskins a 64-47 loss.
After trailing 28-24 at half, Liberal battled back to cut the lead to 36-34. But St. James used three pointers and solid defense to push the lead back to double digits and outscored Liberal 20-10 in the fourth.
Shamari Lewis led Liberal with 17 points. Kamilah Delgado scored 11.
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