By TYLER HENRY
Salina Post contributor
The Southeast of Saline girls’ basketball team would not be denied in the 2022 portion of their season, and closed out the calendar year strong on Monday with a 51-45 victory in Salina over Sacred Heart.
With this win over the rival Lady Knights, SES moves to 6-0 on the season and has now won an absurd 28 straight league matchups against NCAA opponents.
Things weren’t always easy for the Lady Trojans, who led by just four at the intermission, but kept the hot-shooting Knights at bay long enough to hold on for a six-point victory.
“A win is a win,” SES head coach Shauna Smith said. “They shot the ball really well and we scored 51 points but they battled and I didn’t expect anything less from them.”
Both teams had three different scorers in double digits, as Sacred Heart’s Skylar Douglas, Katie Weiss, and Tessa Junk dropped 14, 13, and 12 respectively in a hard-fought loss.
The Lady Knights are the first team all season with multiple double-digit scorers against SES, but the Lady Trojans had their own double-digit trio in Reagan Goetz (13), Lexi Jacobson (11), and Maddie Harris (10).
“Offensively we’ve done a good job of spreading it out and moving without the ball,” Smith said. “We have to keep giving ourselves options to keep our offense consistent.”
The Lady Trojans will resume their season and league play on January 6th when Southeast returns to the Purple Palace for a matchup with Minneapolis.
For continuing coverage of Lady Trojan hoops all season long, stay tuned to the Salina Post.