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Topeka Seaman defeats Great Bend girls
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EMPORIA -- Topeka Seaman avenged last year's Class 5A state tournament loss with a 63-42 victory over Great Bend's girls in the Glacier's Edge Tournament at Emporia.

Great Bend beat Seaman 60-46 in last year's Class 5A state tournament. Great Bend will play Derby in a consolation game Friday.

Regan Unruh paced the Panthers with 13 points, but finished 2 of 12 from the floor. Hannah Mauler added 10 points. Panther Lauren Welsch finished 1 of 10 from the field.

Seaman's Rachel Heald and Tatyana Legette dominated inside. Heald scored 17 points and Legette added 16 points as Seaman led 36-20 at halftime.Seaman finished 28 of 55 from the floor. Great Bend  made 13-of-55 field goals, 5 of 26 from 3-point range.

TOPEKA SEAMAN 63, GREAT BEND 42

Great Bend 9 11 7 15 — 42

Seaman 19 17 15 12 — 63

Great Bend — Welsch 1-10 1-2 3, Burkhart 1-3 0-0 2, Unruh 2-12 1-2 6, Warren 0-4 1-2 1, Mauler 4-11 0-0 10, Moyers 2-4 2-2 6, Kottas 0-1 0-0 0, Dreiling 0-4 1-5 1, Kasselman 1-2 0-0 2, Boyd 0-0 1-2 1, Dunekack 1-3 2-2 4, Stein 1-1 2-3 5. Totals 13-55 11-20 42.

Seaman — Smith 1-5 0-0 2, Henry 2-7 0-0 6, Heald 8-12 1-1 17, Legette 7-10 2-3 16, McMillin 3-8 0-0 6, Sumner 3-6 0-0 7, Scott 1-2 1-2 3, Sodergren 2-4 0-0 4, Dell 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-55 4-6 63.

3-pointers — Great Bend 5-26 (Mauler 2-7, Unruh 1-8, Kasselman 1-2, Stein 1-1, Welsch 0-4, Dreiling 0-3); Seaman 3-8 (Henry 2-3, Sumner 1-2, Smith 0-3).

Emporia Tournament

Topeka Seaman 63, Great Bend 42

Leavenworth 39, Derby 17

Maize 63, Olathe North 33

Washburn Rural 42, Emporia 33