2014-2015 Men's Basketball news
Johnson & Sims Tabbed All-Jayhawk West For Seward
March 12, 2015
Seward County sophomore Secean Johnson and freshman Kevin Sims were honored by the KJCCC on Wednesday as the pair was named to the All-Jayhawk West 2nd and Honorable Mention teams respectively.
Secean Johnson named Honorable Mention All-Region VI
March 12, 2015
One of the most complete players in the Jayhawk Conference this season, Seward County sophomore Secean Johnson was honored by the NJCAA on Thursday as he was named an Honorable Mention selection on the All-Region VI Team.
Overtime Heartbreaker Ends Saints Season
March 06, 2015
There have been many ups and downs for the Seward County Saints on the hardwood this season and Thursday night in Koch Arena in Wichita was no different. In the Region VI Tournament Quarterfinals against #7 Butler, the Saints had the high of holding a lead for nearly the entire second half before the Grizzlies hit a pair of free throws with 6.2 seconds left to tie the game and eventually send it to overtime tied at 71. In the extra period, it was all Grizzlies, as a depleted and undermanned Saints lineup struggled to keep pace with the team that unseated them as Jayhawk West Champs this year and Butler went on to knock off Seward 87-77 to end the Saints season at 15-16.
Efficient Saints Blow By Indy in Playoff Win
March 01, 2015
In a swift and extremely efficient manner, the Seward County Saints took care of business on the road in the First Round of the 2015 Region VI Tournament Saturday night, knocking off the Jayhawk East’s Independence 78-69 in a game that wasn’t nearly as close as the final score showed.
Kevin Sims Named KJCCC Men's Basketball Player of the Week
February 28, 2015
After blowing up for 52 points in two games for the Saints last week, Seward County freshman Kevin Sims has been named the KJCCC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.
Dragons Firepower Too Much For Saints
February 26, 2015
Unless it has been in the NJCAA National Tournament where they are 6-2 in their last eight games played in the Sports Arena, Hutchinson has been by far the toughest place for the Seward County Saints to play and Wednesday night proved no different in the Salt City as the homestanding Hutchinson Blue Dragons flexed their muscles in the two teams regular season finale, dropping Seward 88-82 in a game Hutch led by as many as 21 late in the second half.
Sims' Career High 33 Not Nearly Enough as Saints Belted by #8 Butler
February 22, 2015
For five straight seasons, the Jayhawk West Conference Championship has been celebrated in the Greenhouse. The last four times being the homestanding Saints doing the celebrating and the year before that, the Butler Grizzlies hoisting the hardware. Saturday night the Greenhouse was the place for another celebration and unfortunately it was the Grizzlies doing it once again as Butler hammered Seward from the opening tip, beating the Saints 98-79 to end Seward’s run at the top of the conference.
Missed Chances Cost Saints at Garden
February 19, 2015
When you looked at the stat sheet at the end of the Seward County Saints game Wednesday night in Garden City, there were a number of different categories in which you saw that would have pointed towards a Seward victory. The Saints forced 25 Broncbuster turnovers, Seward shot 41 free throws in the game, and picked up 17 steals in the contest, but in the end, it came down to the Saints defense and its inability to slow down the Garden City attack that shot 53% in the game and outrebounded Seward 45-22 to give the Busters a big 89-83 win over the Saints and hand Seward its seventh Jayhawk West loss of the season.
Saints Seven Squeak Out Win Over Dodge
February 15, 2015
In front of one of their largest crowds of the season on Homecoming Night in the Greenhouse, the Seward County Saints treated their home fans to a show, coming from behind late to knock off Dodge City 70-68 in a huge Jayhawk West Conference battle for playoff seeding.
Saints Escape Cloud With Second Straight Road Win
February 10, 2015
Road wins in the Jayhawk West are rarely things of beauty and the Seward County Saints weren’t trying to win a pageant Monday night in Concordia as they took on the Cloud County Thunderbirds, but they were looking to win their second straight road game and that is exactly what they did, using a mid-second half spurt to grab the lead before hanging on for dear life down the stretch to knock off the T-Birds 74-69 behind solid performances from sophomores Secean Johnson and Evan Allen.
Saints Can't Slow Beavers in 86-76 Defeat
February 08, 2015
Simply put, right now the Pratt Beavers have the Seward County Saints number. First it was a half court buzzer beater in the Region VI Semifinals last season, their last meeting it was an on fire Pratt team downing the Saints in Pratt, and Saturday it was once again the sharpshooting Beavers getting the best of Seward 86-76 to drop the Saints back to 12-12 on the year.
Saints Get Road Monkey Off Their Back With Win at Colby
February 05, 2015
All season long to this point, the road has been a struggle for the Seward County Saints. The Saints went into Wednesday night’s contest with Colby 0-7 on the road in 2014-2015, but used a solid team effort to get that monkey off their backs, blowing the homestanding Trojans away by a count of 85-62 to crawl back to the .500 mark in Jayhawk West play on the year.
Sims Career High 26 Lifts Seward Over #25 Barton
February 01, 2015
Oh what a difference a couple of weeks made for the Seward County Saints Saturday night in the Greenhouse as the guys in green rebounded from a 25 point defeat at the hands of #25 Barton just two weeks ago, to take down the Cougars 89-76 in rather easy fashion in front of their home crowd to climb back to .500 on the season at 11-11.
Hutch Gets Past Saints to Snap Home Court Winning Streak
January 29, 2015
The Greenhouse has been a tough place for opponents to play in recent years and the Seward County Saints 20 game Jayhawk West home court winning streak goes to show that fact, but Wednesday night in front of their home crowd, the Saints fell flat against rival Hutchinson, trailing for all but 1:16 in a 75-65 defeat at the hands of the 18th ranked Dragons to fall below .500 to 10-11 and 3-5 in conference play on the season.
Road Woes Continue For Saints at Butler
January 24, 2015
The Seward County Saints struggles on the road arose once again Saturday afternoon in El Dorado as Seward was hammered 82-58 by #4 Butler to fall to 0-7 away from the Greenhouse this season. In a game that was a dog fight to start, the Saints held a 5-4 lead to the 13:13 mark of the first half, but it was downhill from there as Seward was outscored by 16 in the first half and was never close in the second half in the 24 point defeat.
Johnson Goes Off as Saints Come Back to Beat Busters
January 22, 2015
In a matchup between two teams desperate for a Jayhawk West Conference win, it was another classic contest between longtime conference rivals Seward County and Garden City Wednesday night in the Greenhouse and in the end, it was the Saints defending their home court with an 89-84 victory behind a career night from sophomore captain Secean Johnson.