Lady Saints back on winning track, cruise to 86-45 victory at Pratt

PRATT, Kan. – The Seward County Community College women's basketball team needed to get a win and did just that with an 86-45 rout of Pratt Community College Saturday on the road.

The Lady Saints improved to 9-7 in the Jayhawk Conference and 14-8 overall. Seward will host Dodge City at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Greenhouse. The Gameday Sponsor is Equity Bank.

The Lady Saints suffered tough back-to-back losses to Cowley and Butler heading into its game against the Beavers. Seward took out its frustration against Pratt from the start and led 21-8 after one and 34-22 at the half.

Seward got off to a slow start in the third as Pratt went on a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to 34-28 with 8:44 remaining. It was all Lady Saints after that. Seward scored the next 13 points and the lead was 19 at 47-28 with 3:48 left.

The Lady Saints held a 58-36 margin after three quarters and did not let up the rest of the way, outscoring the Beavers, 28-9, in the final period.

Avery Marchino had 17 points and four steals, Kylee Hunt added 13 points and Biyyanah Ellis netted 12 points for Seward, which snapped out of a three-point shoot slump, hitting 6-of-14 (42.9 percent).

La'Kyra Johnson had 13 points and Tyriana Stanford scored 12 points for Pratt, which suffered its ninth straight loss, falling to 1-14 in conference play and 6-15 overall.