By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
The Seaman Vikings, ranked eighth in Class 5A, came off a 10-day break due to weather to take on the Basehor-Linwood Bobcats in a United Kansas Conference battle on Friday night.
Junior KaeVon Bonner scored a team-high 15 points in Friday's 67-39 UKC loss to Basehor Linwood. [File photo/TSN]
The Vikings were looking to avenge a 67-62 defeat by the Bobcats back on February 4th, but Basehor-Linwood started off hot from the field and continued throughout the contest. The Bobcats shot 53% from the field, including 10-18 from 3-point range and defeated the Seaman Vikings, 67-39.
Basehor-Linwood jumped out to a 17-5 lead in the first five minutes of the game, hitting 4-5 from the three-point line. They ended the quarter leading 18-7. While the Bobcats were scorching the nets, the Vikings were struggling, going only 2-13 in the quarter.
The second quarter was more of the same for the Bobcats. They connected on three more 3-pointers, shot 7-12 from the field in the quarter and led going to halftime, 37-11. Seaman was just 2-12 from the field in the quarter.
A quick 4-0 run by Seaman over the first 90 seconds of the quarter led to a timeout by Basehor-Linwood. Seaman continued with defensive pressure throughout the quarter, forcing nine turnovers, but was only able to outscore the Bobcats 16-11 and still trailed 48-27 heading to the final quarter.
Basehor-Linwood continued its hot shooting, going 8-11 from the field over the last eight minutes and both benches were emptied as the Bobcats posted the 28-point win.
“We can’t make any excuses,'' Seaman coach Craig Cox said. "We need to own it, learn from it and then forget about it. We must recognize that next week is a big week with Leavenworth and Piper at home and Shawnee Heights on the road.
“We can’t let this performance lead to an entirely bad week. We need to bounce back, keep our heads up and get back to who we think we are and who we want to be.”
The Vikings were led by junior KaeVon Bonner with 15 points while senior Bryer Finley was the only other player in double figures with 10.
Finley, Bonner and junior Matthew McConnaughey led the team with five rebounds each. McConnaughey also had three blocks.
The Bobcats were led by three in double figures. Breckin McBride scored 22, followed by Micah Gibbs with 14 and Peyton Brown pitched in 10.
Seaman will be at home next Tuesday night to take on the Leavenworth Pioneers in a conference matchup.
BASEHOR-LINWOOD BOYS 67, SEAMAN 39
Basehor-Linwood 18 19 11 19 -- 67
Seaman 7 4 16 12 -- 39
Basehor-Linwood (9-8, 8-5) -- Gibbs 4-9 5-8 14, Hofer 3-5 0-0 8, McBride 8-17 0-0 22, Morrison 4-6 0-1 9, P. Brown 4-6 2-3 10, E. Brown 1-1 0-0 2, Orton 0-0 0-0 0, Hutchinson 0-0 0-0 0, Young 1-1 0-0 2, Calvert 0-1 0-0 0, Hannah 0-1 0-0 0, Peek 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-47 7-12 67.
Seaman (12-5, 10-4) -- Finley 5-17 0-0 10, Bonner 5-18 2-2 15, Tony’s 1-2 0-0 2, Wiltz 3-9 2-2 7, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Zuniga 0-0 0-0 0, McConnaughey 1-6 0-0 2, Brian 0-1 1-2 1, Scholes 0-0 0-0 0, Becker 0-0 0-0 0, Esser 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-55 5-6 39.
3-point goals -- Basehor-Linwood 10 (McBride 6, Hofer 2, Gibbs, Morrison), Seaman 4 (Bonner 3, Wiltz). Total Fouls -- Basehor-Linwood 12, Seaman 16. Fouled out -- Smith. Technicals - none.
