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COFFEYVILLE – The fifth-seeded Seward County Lady Saints suffered an 87-62 loss to the fourth-seeded Coffeyville Red Ravens in the Region 6 Quarterfinals on Tuesday evening at Nellis Hall.

Seward closes its season out with a 20-12 overall record, 14-11 in league play. The Lady Saints fell to Coffeyville on the road in the quarterfinals for a second consecutive season. The Red Ravens (23-8) advance to the semifinals and will take on one-seed Butler on Friday in Great Bend.

The Lady Saints battled in the first quarter with a Tyniah Smith jumper giving Seward an 11-9 lead at the 4:13 mark. There were multiple ties and lead changes in the first quarter. Coffeyville outscored the Lady Saints 9-2 the rest of the way to lead 18-13 after one.

Seward scored just seven points in the second quarter as Coffeyville took a 34-20 lead to halftime. The Lady Saints trailed by as much as 29 in the second half.

Smith paced Seward with a double-double of 16 points and 14 rebounds. Kimora Fagan finished with 17 points while Grace Posch chipped in 11 points. Kiara Owens had six points off the bench.

Coffeyville's Esme Smith had 24 points to go with 13 rebounds. Aubrey Hishaw had a game-high 25 points and eight rebounds.

Seward shot 19-60 (31.7 percent) from the field, 6-22 (27.3 percent) from three, and 18-20 (90 percent) from the free throw line.

Coffeyville shot 30-60 (50 percent) from the field, 10-20 (50 percent) from three, and 17-24 (70.8 percent) from the charity stripe.

Sophomore Avery Marchino concludes her Seward career with 986 career points which is ninth all-time in Lady Saints history. Her 659 points this season also ranks ninth all-time in a single season for Seward women's basketball.