By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman's girls basketball team entered Thursday's season-opener as a big favorite over United Kansas Conference foe Lansing, but there were definitely still some things Viking coach Matt Tinsley wanted his team to accomplish.
Seaman senior Taylin Stallbaumer led all scorers with 21 points, including three 3-pointers, in the Vikings' 82-11 season-opening win over Lansing. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Junior Anna Becker (23) scored 20 points in Seaman's 82-11 season-opening win over Lansing. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
And for the most part, the Vikings achieved those objectives and then some, rolling to an 82-11 home rout over the Lions.
"I wanted the girls to continue to share the basketball,'' Tinsley said. "I thought they did a good job of finding the open girl to shoot it and I thought we were focused, we were sharp.
"I told the girls after the game it looked like the only thing that was on their mind for 32 minutes was basketball and that's how we wanted it to be.''
Lansing (0-1, 0-1) was actually down by just a point at 7-6 after two 3-pointers in the opening three minutes, but the Lions managed just five points the rest of the night as Seaman (1-0, 1-0) turned in a dominating performance.
Ten different Vikings cracked the scoring column, with returning standouts Taylin Stallbaumer, Anna Becker and Maddie Gragg combining for 55 points.
Stallbaumer, a senior, led all scorers with 21 points and added to her Seaman career record with three 3-pointers while Becker, a junior, scored 20 points and sophomore Gragg added 14.
Seaman closed the first quarter with a 17-1 run to open up a 24-7 advantage and the Vikings outscored the Lions 24-2 in the second quarter to take a huge 48-9 cushion to the locker room at halftime.
The Vikings followed that up with a 24-2 third quarter and held a 10-0 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter despite a running clock.
Seaman shot 62.5 percent from the field while holding Lansing to 12 percent shooting and forcing 28 turnovers.
"We played hard, we played aggressive and obviously every coach has things that they tell them we need to work on and we'll come back and do that, but I'm proud of the effort, it's a good first game and we'll get ready for the next one,'' Tinsley said.
Junior Hannah McNabb led Lansing with five points.
Seaman will return to action next Tuesday, traveling to Topeka West for a UKC contest.
SEAMAN GIRLS 82, LANSING 11
Lansing 7 2 2 0 -- 11
Seaman 24 24 24 10 -- 82
Lansing(0-1, 0-1) -- McNabb 1-4 2-2 5, Koontz 0-6 0-0 0, Malm 0-1 0-0 0, Anderson 0-4 1-2 1, Wilson 1-8 0-0 3, Peterson 0-0 0-0 0, Frederick 0-0 0-0 0, Floetke 0-0 0-0 0, Martynowski 0-0 0-0 0, Garza 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 3-25 3-44 11.
Seaman (1-0, 1-0) -- J. Stallbaumer 0-4 1-2 1, T. Stallbaumer 7-10 4-6 21, Becker 9-14 2-3 20, Gragg 7-9 0-1 14, Esser 2-5 0-0 4, Miller 2-2 0-0 4, E. Stallbaumer 2-2 0-0 5, Wilhelm 2-3 1-2 5, Moulden 3-4 0-1 6, McLaughlin 1-1 0-0 2, Steiner 0-2 0-0 0, Beaton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-56 8-15 82.
3-point goals -- Lansing 2 (McNabb, Wilson), Seaman 4 (T. Stallbaumer 3, E. Stallbaumer). Total fouls -- Lansing 13, Seaman 9. Fouled out – none.
