Odessa Overwhelms Lady Saints

In the final day of an event which is supposed to pit the top teams in the country against each other, the Seward Lady Saints show that they have a long way to go.  The #24 Odessa Lady Wranglers dominated #5 Seward 59-34 Saturday afternoon at the Chaparral Center in Midland in the final day of the WNIT.

Odessa jumped out to a 10-0 lead and led 10-2 after one quarter.  Seward didn’t have a field goal until 11:41 had been played.  Seward still crept closer due to their defense and trailed 18-15 and trailed 24-19 a the half.  The Lady Saints cut the Odessa lead to 24-23 but saw the Lady Wranglers finish the quarter on a 13-4 run.  Their run would extend to 22-4 into the fourth quarter.  Seward was out scored 22-7 in the fourth quarter.

Seward shot 19.7 percent (12-61).  Odessa bullied Seward with 12 blocked shots while SCCC did not block a shot.

Seward is 5-2 and finishes 1-2 in the WNIT.  Odessa is 9-3.  It was the first meeting between the two since they played four years ago in Midland in a Seward 57-45 win.  Seward hosts Butler in a rematch of last years Region 6 title game.  They play Tuesday at 5 in the Green House.  Saints Shootaround at 4:45 on 107.5 and kscbnews.net.  El Kan Drug and the Registry and Flower Basket are the buyout sponsors.