Seward Rally Too Little and Too Late in Hutchinson

Seward trailed Hutchinson 74-53 in the Hutchinson Sports Arena Wednesday night. But the Saints rallied to make it an 80-77 game but couldn’t get over the hump as Hutch wins for the seventh time in the last 11 games against Seward 88-82. Seward allowed over 50 percent shooting for the third time in the last four games as the Dragons shot 54 percent. Seward forced 23 HCC turnovers allowing the Saints to scratch back into the game.

Hutch led 41-35 at halftime. Secean Johnson led Seward with his second most productive game scoring 31 points on 10-15 shooting. Kevin Sims added 26 in the loss.

The #23 Dragons are 24-6 and 11-5 in the Jayhawk West while Seward finishes their worst conference season under Bryan Zollinger going 7-9 and 14-15 overall. The Saints play at Independence Saturday at 4 to begin the Region 6 Tournament. The game will air on 102.7 and kscbnews.net.