January 21, 2006
SAINTS BOUNCE BACK WITH WIN OVER GARDEN CITY
DAVE BROWN TIES SCCC ALL-TIME COACHING CAREER WINS MARK
If there ever was a time the Seward County Community College men’s basketball team needed a win, Saturday night was the time. The Saints (16-4, 2-4) entered their home court Saturday night on a four-game losing streak which dropped the previous No. 3 Saints from the NJCAA Top 20 poll for the first time this season. Seward County rebounded with an 80-68 win over Jayhawk West Conference rival Garden City Community College (13-5, 2-3) at the Green House.

Dave Brown

Seward County Saints Head Coach, Dave Brown won his 224th career game Saturday night, which has tied him for the college’s all-time head coaching wins record with former Saints Head Coach Dale Reed. Brown began his coaching career at SCCC as an assistant coach under Reed in 1992.

The Saints jumped out to an early lead against the Broncbusters and never looked back. Garden City did make a run at the Saints towards the end of the second half cutting the lead to four points with only a few minutes remaining.

Seward County took care of the basketball and made their free-throws down the stretch to put the game out of reach. Garden City committed 32 personal fouls including three technical fouls which were handed out in the second-half.

The Saints went to the free-throw line 48 times Saturday night and shot 63 percent (30-for-48).

SCCC was led by Adam Tanner (3-for-5 field goals, 9-for-13 free-throws) who scored 15 points for the Saints. Tanner added 10 rebounds collecting his seventh double-double (15 points and 10 rebounds) this season. Tanner, a NJCAA Pre-Season Honorable Mention All-American, totaled just two double-double’s all of last season.

Jerrell Green (4-for-8 field goals, 8-for-12) scored 17 and Saints small forward, Theron Wilson chipped in 17 points on 4-for-8 shooting from the field and hit 8-of-12 free-throws.

Seward had their hands full with GCCC sophomore, Roy Bright, as the Region VI star scored 25 points (8-for-21) with a team-high 10 rebounds. Bright has averaged 21.4 points per game this year in five Broncbuster losses. This season, Bright ranks fourth in the Region VI averaging 20.4 points per game.

Seward County will travel to Hutchinson on Wednesday, Jan. 25 to take on the Blue Dragons (11-7, 3-2) at 8:00 p.m. at the Sports Arena.

The game will be broadcasted by KSCB sports anchor, Brock Kappelmann, and can be heard on the Internet by going to www.kscb.net and clicking on LISTEN LIVE. The game can also be heard locally by listening to KSCB 107.5 FM.

BOX SCORE:
Garden City 68 at. Seward County 80 (Liberal, Kansas)

SEWARD COUNTY C.C. BASKETBALL FAN'S OF THE GAME January 21, 2006 Seward County vs. Garden City
Wayne Martin, from Follett, Texas	Nastashia Caffey from Liberal, Kansas