Saints Step Up Defense in Road Win

Seward head coach Bryan Zollinger had to call one timeout just to give his hard working Saints a break. That’s indicative of the kind of defensive effort Seward used to hold Cloud to 29 percent shooting in a 66-53 win over the Thunderbirds in Concordia Saturday night. Seward held Cloud to six field goals in the first half of the win. The Saints shot 44 percent and just committed 12 turnovers. Kaheem Ransom scored 19 Saturday after a 25 point game against Pratt. Malcolm Hill-Bey and Jerry Cobb scored 11 a piece.

Seward built a 52-31 lead in the win. The Saints are 3-1 in the Jayhawk West tied with 3-1 Barton for second and trailing first place 3-0 Hutchinson by a half game. The Saints are 12-6 overall while Cloud falls to 11-6 overall and 2-1 in the Jayhawk West. Seward has won three of the past four games at Bryant Gymnasium. Seward hosts Dodge City Saturday night at 8 p.m. on B107.5 and kscbnews.net. Billy’s is the buyout sponsor.

Sun. Jan. 13
Garden City def Colby 71-68*


Sat. Jan. 12
Highland lost to D2#9 Brown Mackie 91-74**
Fort Scott def Allen 63-61* OT
Cowley def Johnson County 85-56*
D1#10 Coffeyville def Neosho County 65-51*
D1#9 Barton def Butler 73-64*
Labette def Independence 86-79*
Pratt def Dodge City 63-58*
Seward County def Cloud County 66-53*