Lady Saints Take 18th Straight at Colby

The Seward Lady Saints continued their dominance of the Colby Lady Trojans Tuesday night in the Colby Event Center.  SCCC won their 18th straight game at Colby and 34th straight game against the Lady Trojans 94-52.  Seward forced a dizzying 37 Colby turnovers.

The Lady Saints jumped out to leads of 12-0, 17-2, and 20-3 before leading 25-7 after one quarter.  Seward out-paced Colby 24-12 in the second quarter to lead 49-19 at the half.  SCCC forced Colby into 24 first half turnovers.  Seward’s biggest lead was 45.

Seward’s defense was the story forcing the 37 turnovers.  Colby was 0-7 from three point range and shot 39 percent from the field.  Seward shot 40 percent and was 14-44 from three point land.

De’Shawnti Thomas was the Epic Touch Player of the Game with 17 points and 11 rebounds on 7-12 shooting.  D’Arrah Allen added 15.  Bri Linnear tallied a career high 12.  Tiana Winn had 11 points and eight rebounds.

The Lady Saints are 2-3 overall and 2-1 in the Jayhawk and Colby loses their seventh straight and is 1-7 overall and 0-3 in the Jayhawk.  Seward hosts Dodge City Saturday at 2pm with Saints Shoot-around at 1:45 on B107.5.  Freddy’s is the buyout sponsor.