By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
EMPORIA -- The Class 5A top-ranked Seaman Lady Vikings cruised past the Wichita Northwest Grizzlies 56-15 on Thursday in the first round of the Glacier’s Edge Tournament hosted by Emporia High School.
Matt Tinsley's Seaman girls basketball team improved to 11-0 Thursday with a 56-15 win over Wichita Northwest. [File photo/TSN]
The Lady Vikes improved to 11-0 on the season and will face the fourth ranked team in Class 6A, the Shawnee Mission South Raiders, in the tournament semifinals at 7:45 p.m Friday.
Nine players scored for Seaman with two scoring in double figures.
The game started with Seaman jumping out to a 7-2 lead in the first four minutes. In the quarter, Seaman assisted on four of their five baskets and led 11-5 after the first eight minutes.
The first three minutes of the second quarter was very sluggish -- several turnovers and missed shots from both teams. A short jump shot from senior Kinley Wilhelm was the only basket until the four-minute mark of the quarter when sophomore Maddie Gragg hit a 3-pointer to extend Seaman’s lead to 16-5. The Lady Grizzlies were held scoreless for the quarter and the Lady Vikes led at the half, 26-5.
The Lady Vikes scored the first 14 points of the third quarter to lead 40-5 and the Grizzlies scored their only points of the quarter with 1:15 remaining on a 3-point basket. The quarter ended with Seaman scoring the final five points and it led, 45-8.
The fourth quarter was played with a running clock and the Lady Vikes were able to empty their bench.
The Lady Vikes were led in scoring by senior Anna Becker with 14 points. Maddie Gragg chipped in with 11 points while senior Ava Esser corralled 11 rebounds. Becker also had six assists and four steals.
As a team, the Lady Vikes had 15 assists on their 24 baskets and had 18 steals. They also forced the Grizzlies into 33 turnovers.
The Grizzlies were led by junior Aubrey Navarette with 8 points.
SEAMAN 56, WICHITA NORTHWEST 15
Wichita Northwest 5 0 3 7 -- 15
Seaman 11 15 19 11 -- 56
Wichita Northwest (2-9) -- Schur 0-3 0-0 0, Simpson 0-2 2-2 2, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Lewis 1-2 0-0 3, Navarette 3-12 0-0 8, Hallman 1-4 0-0 2, Stubbs 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 5-27 2-2 15.
Seaman (11-0) -- Frickey 0-0 0-0 0, Ketron 0-0 0-0 0, Stallbaumer 3-8 0-0 7, Miller 2-5 0-0 4, Spencer 1-2 0-0 3, Beaton 2-4 0-0 5, Becker 7-11 0-2 14, Wilhelm 2-11 0-0 4, Gragg 5-9 0-0 11, Esser 1-6 4-6 6, Dreher 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-58 4-8 56.
3 point goals -- Wichita NW 3 (Navarette 2, Lewis), Seaman 4 (Stallbaumer, Spencer, Beaton, Gragg). Total Fouls -- Wichita NW 9, Seaman 2. Fouled out -- none.
GLACIER’S EDGE TOURNAMENT
RESULTS THURSDAY
Seaman 56, Wichita Northwest 15
SM South 54, Topeka High 51
Derby 47, Wichita South 42
Wichita Heights 47, Emporia 14
GAMES FRIDAY
3:15 p.m. - Wichita Northwest vs. Topeka High
4:45 p.m. - Emporia vs. Wichita South
6:15 p.m. - Wichita Heights vs. Derby
7:45 p.m. - Seaman vs. Shawnee Mission South
