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Sometimes the rim can be an unforgiving thing in a basketball game.
The Seneca Indians found out why on Thursday in a 55-42 loss at the hands of the Southwest Trojans.
For the Indians (9-8) it was their fourth consecutive loss.
“Basketball is a crazy game,” Seneca coach Will King said. “You just never know. The ball has to go through the hoop and tonight it just didn’t want to do that for us. When you go through long stretches without buckets, everything becomes tougher. We just had too many droughts with no buckets.”
In the first quarter, Zack Kelly and Payton Rawlins led a balanced Seneca attack to a 17-15 lead. The only reason the score was so close was the Trojans’ 3-point shooting. Southwest hit three from long distance with a hand in their face.
In the second quarter, the Trojans climbed within one as a few easy looks started to roll out of the hoop for Seneca.
In the third quarter, some of the shots that Seneca missed bordered on the ridiculous. Open layups, uncontested jumpers and free throws highlighted the list. The final play of the third, summarized the struggles for the Indians on offense: with five seconds left, Rawlins put up an open 3-pointer that missed. Then, Daniel Noah, the shortest player on the floor, skied above everyone else to get the offensive rebound. Noah then put up an uncontested layup and it hit the front of the rim and bounced out as time ran out.
In the fourth quarter, Southwest found their rhythm on offense to make the score look worse than it really was. After scoring just 34 points in the first three quarters, the Trojans scored 21 in the final eight minutes.
In the second half, Seneca scored only 16 points. Of those, eight came from the free throw line and the Indians only made four shots from the field.
“I don’t want to take anything away from Southwest,” King said. “They are a good team with a good record that will beat a lot of teams. But, we just couldn’t finish a shot as a team. It’s bad shooting night it’s frustrating. But, when you have a bad shooting night in the paint, that’s terrible.”
The Indians won’t have much time to reflect on the loss, Tuesday they welcome Webb City into the Seneca High School gym.
Sometimes the rim can be an unforgiving thing in a basketball game.
The Seneca Indians found out why on Thursday in a 55-42 loss at the hands of the Southwest Trojans.
For the Indians (9-8) it was their fourth consecutive loss.
“Basketball is a crazy game,” Seneca coach Will King said. “You just never know. The ball has to go through the hoop and tonight it just didn’t want to do that for us. When you go through long stretches without buckets, everything becomes tougher. We just had too many droughts with no buckets.”
In the first quarter, Zack Kelly and Payton Rawlins led a balanced Seneca attack to a 17-15 lead. The only reason the score was so close was the Trojans’ 3-point shooting. Southwest hit three from long distance with a hand in their face.
In the second quarter, the Trojans climbed within one as a few easy looks started to roll out of the hoop for Seneca.
In the third quarter, some of the shots that Seneca missed bordered on the ridiculous. Open layups, uncontested jumpers and free throws highlighted the list. The final play of the third, summarized the struggles for the Indians on offense: with five seconds left, Rawlins put up an open 3-pointer that missed. Then, Daniel Noah, the shortest player on the floor, skied above everyone else to get the offensive rebound. Noah then put up an uncontested layup and it hit the front of the rim and bounced out as time ran out.
In the fourth quarter, Southwest found their rhythm on offense to make the score look worse than it really was. After scoring just 34 points in the first three quarters, the Trojans scored 21 in the final eight minutes.
In the second half, Seneca scored only 16 points. Of those, eight came from the free throw line and the Indians only made four shots from the field.
“I don’t want to take anything away from Southwest,” King said. “They are a good team with a good record that will beat a lot of teams. But, we just couldn’t finish a shot as a team. It’s bad shooting night it’s frustrating. But, when you have a bad shooting night in the paint, that’s terrible.”
The Indians won’t have much time to reflect on the loss, Tuesday they welcome Webb City into the Seneca High School gym.
