BY ADAM COULTER
Salina Post Contributor
Sacred Heart was playing its third game in four nights on Friday. Despite a busy week and being away from Salina for the seventh time this season, the Knights swept a doubleheader from TMP-Marian.
Sacred Heart girls 49, TMP-Marian 38
The Lady Knights began with a fury as six different players scored in the opening quarter to jump out to an 18-10 lead.
TMP's Brooke Koenigsman single-handedly kept the Lady Monarchs close by scoring 19 of her game-high 20 points in the first half. Sacred Heart clung to a 26-24 advantage at halftime.
In the third quarter, TMP was held to only two points as Sacred Heart led 34-26 on its way to an 11-point road win.
For the second straight night, Skylar Douglas led the Lady Knights with 14 points. Adelyn Lee added 12 more in the win.
Sacred Heart improves to 5-4 overall and remains 0-2 in the NCAA league.
Sacred Heart boys 66, TMP-Marian 43
Despite the opposing records going into the game, TMP hung with Sacred Heart for the opening half.
After a low-scoring 10-7 opening quarter, the Monarchs scored the first five second-quarter points to take a 12-10 advantage.
The Knights answered with a 16-0 run and it looked like a rout had begun.
However, three straight three-pointers as part of an 11-0 run put TMP right back in the game with the score 26-23. A Will Tuttle shot beat the buzzer to end the first half giving Sacred Heart a six-point lead at halftime.
The Knights outscored the Monarchs 19-5 in the third quarter to put the game away as they went on for a 23-point road win.
Michael Matteucci led the Knights with 18 points. Jett Samuelson also had his highest-scoring game of the season with 12 points.
Sacred Heart is now 9-0 overall and remains 2-0 in the NCAA league.
The Knights now turn their attention back to NCAA league games on Tuesday night. Sacred Heart will return home to take on Republic County.
Pregame is scheduled for 5:50 pm with the girls tipoff at 6 pm and the boys to follow. The games can be seen and heard on salinapost.com.