Lady Tigers go cold as Seward runs away for 73-52 road win
The Cowley College women’s basketball team trailed by only five points (50-45) early in the fourth quarter of its home game against Seward County on Wednesday inside W.S. Scott Auditorium, before the Saints used a 14-2 run to pull away for a 73-52 win.
Cowley made just 1-of-17 attempts from the floor in the final quarter as they were out-scored 23-10.
"It was an old-fashioned outback whooping in the fourth quarter," Cowley head coach Todd Clark said.
Cowley is now 9-8 overall and 5-6 in the Jayhawk Conference. Seward, winners of three games in a row, improves its overall record to 13-4 and its conference record to 8-3.
The Lady Tigers led Wednesday's game 22-21 following a basket by Aniyah Burney with 6:15 remaining in the first half, but Seward responded with three-pointers from Kimora Fagan on each of its next three possessions and went into halftime with a 30-26 lead.
The Saints' lead would grow to 50-42 heading to the final quarter of play.
After pulling within five points of the lead at 50-45, Cowley went cold, and Seward ran away with the 21-point road victory.
The Lady Tigers went 7-of-16 from three-point range, but made only 6-of-40 attempts from inside the arc. Cowley was led by freshman Saliyah Henderson-Johnson's 16 points and seven rebounds, while Burney and Mallory Jackson added 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Cowley shot a season-low 23.2 percent from the floor.
Seward, on the other hand, went 13-of-28 from beyond the arc and was led by Kimora Fagan's 25 points on 7-of-12 shooting from three-point range.
The Lady Tigers will attempt to snap a three-game road skid when they play at Barton on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. The Cougars have struggled to a 6-11 overall record and a 4-7 mark in the Jayhawk Conference.
Box score:
Seward (73): Au'Rayona Seals 6-12 0-0 14, Kimora Fagan 8-17 2-2 25, Avery Marchino 2-5 3-3 8, Trinitee Holmes 2-5 1-2 7, Destiny Alexander 2-5 3-4 7, Grace Posch 1-5 0-0 2, Yahaira Puerto 0-0 0-0 0, Yilza Uka 0-1 0-0 0, Tyniah Smith 0-2 1-2 1, A'Neya Chambers 1-5 0-0 3, RaMya Kennedy 1-2 2-2 4, Tiff Johnson 1-1 -0-0 2. Totals: 24-60 12-15 73.
Cowley (52): Zari Walker 1-12 3-4 5, Mallory Jackson 2-8 4-6 10, Aniyah Burney 4-16 3-6 13, Megan Simon 2-4 1-3 5, Saliyah Henderson-Johnson 4-10 5-7 16, Braylee Reed 0-2 1-2 1, Zuzanna Komor 0-1 0-0 0, Naya Burleson 0-1 0-0 0, Makenna Justus 0-1 0-0 0, Savannah Phillips 0-1 2-2 2, Yatzel Renteria 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 13-56 19-30 52.
Three-pointers: Seward 13-28 (Fagan 7-12, Seals 2-4, Holmes 2-4, Marchino 1-2, Chambers 1-2, Posch 0-3, Kennedy 0-1), Cowley 7-16 (Henderson-Johnson 3-5, Burney 2-5, Jackson 2-3, Reed 0-1, Burleson 0-1, Justus 0-1). Rebounds: Seward 39 (Marchino, Holmes 8), Cowley 32 (Simon, Henderson-Johnson 7). Assists: Seward 16 (Seals, Posch 4), Cowley 10 (Jackson, Burney 3). Turnovers: Seward 13, Cowley 15. Total fouls: Seward 20, Cowley 12. Fouled out: Kennedy. Technicals: Kennedy.