Saints Gain Road Win at Garden City

LIBERAL, Kan.- Seward County Community College men’s basketball team defeated Garden City Community College 85-73 on Wednesday night. The Saints improve to 14-10 overall and 7-8 in conference play and one game back from Hutchinson for the fourth spot in the Jayhawk West.

The first half Seward shot 7-13 from behind the three-point line and 55% from the field to take a 44-30 lead into halftime. The second half the Saints would be in a free throw battle with the Broncbusters, as the foul total for both teams quickly got into the bonus. Seward shot 11-22 from the free-throw line in the second half, the Broncbusters shot 19-24 and used this to get back into the game. With a nine-point lead, Roy Clarke knocked down a three and got fouled to expand the lead back into double-digits. Seward kept Garden City from a late run to secure the road victory and remain in the hunt for a home playoff game.

The Broncbusters were led by Tahlik Chavez with 19 points and four rebounds.

The Saints were paced by Kyle Cardaci with 21 points, four rebounds, and four assists. Roy Clarke added 16 points, Rostyslav Novitskyi had 13 points and Griffin Brosowske had 12 points off of the bench.

Seward will be at Pratt Community College on Saturday to face off against the Beavers at 7:30 PM. The game airs on 107.5 and kscbnews.net.