Saints Drop 5th Straight After Strong Start

The Seward County Saints led by as many as 14 in the first half and 10 in the second half but faded late in a 73-55 loss to the Cowley Tigers at Scott Auditorium Wednesday night in Ark City.  The Saints lose their fifth straight game and drop their eighth straight road game.  Seward is 3-11 on the road.

The Saints came out ready to play taking the Cowley crowd out of the game with first half lead of 15-15, 21-7 and 28-19.  Seward settled for a 32-28 halftime lead.  The Saints claimed a 40-30 lead at the 15:08 mark in the second half.  Seward led 44-35 and led 47-38.  That’s when the bottom fell out.  The Tigers roared to a 29-2 run to lead 67-50 and tuck game game to bed on this February night.

Cowley shot 54 percent from the field and 62 percent in the second half.  The Tigers out rebounded the Saints 31-20.  Will Dubinsky led Seward with 17.  Bee McCrary added 12.

Seward falls to 9-17 overall and 6-14 in the Jayhawk.  Cowley is 14-11 and 10-9 in the Jayhawk Conference.  Seward hosts Northwest Tech Saturday night at 8 for Homecoming on 107.5 and the KSCB and The Legend App.  Pizza Hut is the game sponsor.