Saints Dominate Grizzlies

The Seward County Saints are back to .500 after an 86-64 win over the visiting Butler Grizzlies in the Green House Thursday night.  Seward forced Butler into 24 turnovers.  Butler had been averaging only 10 turnovers a game.

The Grizzlies jumped ahead of the Saints 12-6 and 20-13 at the media timeout.  The Saints rallied using an 18-4 run to lead 31-24 and led 37-28 at halftime.  Seward didn’t let up in the second half as the game was never close.  Seward led by as many as 24 (74-50).

Kevon Cooper had 21 points and six rebounds.  Sam Henderson had 17 points.  Stephen Takyi had 14.  Erik Pratt added 10.  Seward shot 48 percent from the field and made 9-22 from three.  Seward was 15-19 at the foul line.  Seward entered the game shooting 57 percent at the foul line.

Seward is 2-2 and Butler is 2-2 in the Jayhawk Conference.  Seward host Cloud Wednesday in the Green House at 8 on 107.5 and kscbnews.net.