10 Lady Saints Score in 40-Point Win Over Northeastern

LIBERAL, Kan. – The Seward County Lady Saints saw 10 different players score and seven score eight or more as they defeated Northeastern Junior College 78-38 in the final game of the Seward Classis on Sunday afternoon.

Seward moves to 4-0 on the season with the win. The last time the Lady Saints got off to a 4-0 start was the 2019-2020 season when they started 4-0 before a road loss at Midland College.

The 40-point win is their biggest of the season as they held NJC (0-2) to just 12 made field goals on 25.5% shooting as well as 0-12 from three.

Avery Marchino led Seward in scoring for a third straight game as she finished with 13 points and eight rebounds.

NJC led Seward 4-0 early in the first quarter and later 5-3. The Lady Saints snatched their first lead with 3:15 in the first quarter as Grace Posch found an open Kimora Fagan in the corner for a triple to put Seward ahead 8-5. They led for the rest of the game. Seward led 13-11 after one but used a 19-7 second quarter to take a 32-18 lead to the locker room.

The second half saw Seward outscore NJC 46-20 with the largest lead of the game being 40, which the Lady Saints won by.

Trinitee Holmes finished with 12 points and seven rebounds, Fagan added eight points and five rebounds, Posch had nine points, four assists and three rebounds and A'Neya Chambers totaled 11 points, five rebounds and five steals.

The Lady Saints chipped in 25-38 (65.8%) free throws, shot 7-19 (36.8%) from three and 23-58 (39.7%) from the field. They forced 28 NJC turnovers scoring 25 points off the takeaways.

Seward returns to action on Friday when they take part in the New Mexico Junior College Classic, playing host NMJC at 6 p.m. CST from Hobbs, N.M.