Saints in First Round Form in Hutchinson

The Seward County Saints held to their first round form Tuesday night at the Hutchinson Sports Arena. They won a first round game like in 1995, 1998, and 2008. Seward’s defense smothered Wallace State, Alabama in a 71-52 win. The Saints held the Lions to under 40 percent shooting. Seward led the points off turnovers category 25-5. The Saints will play Columbia State, Tennessee Thursday night at 6:30 in the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Tournament.

Daveon Boardingham equaled a season high of 23 points. Kaheem Ransom added 16 and Irvin Hollinger scored 10 points and pulled down six rebounds.

The Saints bolted to a 23-7 lead after a slow offensive start and led 36-22 at the half. Seward led 38-22 before Wallace State, who finished last in their ACCC conference but won the Region 22 Tournament, ripped off a 20-6 run to make it 44-42 with 10:24 to play. Seward wasted no time building a 50-42 lead and never looked back leading by as many as 20.

The Saints are 29-6 and the Lions are 19-16.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Game 1: South Plains def. East Mississippi, 71-63
Game 2: Monroe def. Indian Hills, 81-69
Game 3: Eastern Oklahoma St. def. College of Southern Idaho – 76-69
Game 4: Spartanburg Methodist def. Three Rivers, 61-58
Game 5: Columbia State def. Gordon – 72-64
Game 6: Seward County def. Wallace State – 71-52
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Game 7: Otero vs. Wabash Valley – 11 am
Game 8: Navarro vs. Northwest Florida St. – 1 pm
Game 9: East Mississippi vs. Indian Hills – 3 pm
Game 10: South Plains vs. Monroe – 6 pm
Game 11: Eastern Oklahoma St. vs. Spartanburg Methodist – 8 pm
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Game 12: Southern Idaho vs. Three Rivers – 10 am
Game 13: Gordon vs. Wallace State – 12 pm
Game 14: Game 7 Loser vs. Game 8 Loser – 2 pm
Game 15: Game 10 Loser vs. Game 11 Loser – 4:30 pm
Game 16: Columbia State vs. Seward County – 6:30 pm
Game 17: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner – 8:30 pm
Friday, March 23, 2012
Game 18: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner – 11 am
Game 19: Game 13 Winner vs. Game 14 Winner – 1 pm
Game 20: Game 16 Loser vs. Game 17 Loser – 3 pm
Game 21: Game 10 Winner vs. Game 11 Winner – 6 pm
Game 22: Game 16 Winner vs. Game 17 Winner – 8 pm
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Game 23 (7th/8th Place): Game 18 Winner vs. Game 19 Winner – 12 pm
Game 24 (5th/6th Place): Game 15 Winner vs. Game 20 Winner – 2 pm
Game 25 (3rd/4th Place): Game 21 Loser vs. Game 22 Loser – 6 pm
Game 26 (Championship): Game 21 Winner vs. Game 22 Winner – 8 pm