Mclouth ? The number zero can be downright devastating sometimes.

The Seabury Academy girls basketball team suffered a scoring drought as low as it could go against McLouth on Thursday. Zero points in the first quarter, and eventually, a 63-18 loss to the Bulldogs in McLouth.

“Their man-to-man defense was just smothering,” Seabury coach Tracy Kitson said. “We couldn’t handle it.”

It wasn’t until the opening seconds of the second quarter that the Seahawks’ Megynn Blanchard scored their first two points. By then, McLouth was already up 19-0, thanks to several perimeter steals and fastbreak points.

Seabury (1-3) managed just five more points in the second quarter, three of them from freshman Lindsey Ahlen. For the night, Ahlen finished with 12 of the team’s 18 points, including 4-of-5 from the free-throw line.

“I always stress to try to get it into a post player if they’re open,” Kitson said. “It just so happens that she’s shooting the ball well lately. She has a nice jump shot.”

Ahlen scored nine of the team’s 11 second-half points, despite being guarded closely by Bulldogs standout Courtney Edmonds. Edmonds, McLouth’s all-time leading scorer, finished with 21 points on the night in limited action.

“She was pretty tough,” Ahlen said afterwards.

Mclouth High's Courtney Edmonds, right, drives through the lane against Seabury Academy defenders Linaya Newstrom, left, and Laura Hoffman in McLouth. The Bulldogs pounded the Seahawks, 63-18, on Tuesday.

Emily Nitzsche (17) and Leigh Anna Thompson (14) also scored in double figures for McLouth, who improved to 2-4 with the victory.

Kitson said McLouth’s switch to zone defense in the second quarter made matters easier, but it was still an overall tough night for the Seahawks.

“They switched to a zone defense, and we didn’t have as much problems getting the ball up the court,” she said. “We didn’t get as many turnovers.”

Seabury Boys fall to Bulldogs, 67-47

Seabury boys coach Marcus Heckman said he was pleased with pretty much all areas of his team’s play on Tuesday.

Expect one.

“I think we shot the ball pretty poorly,” Heckman said. “Basically, I thought we played as well as we could play with the exception of not finishing.”

In the end, the points on the board are what matter most, and Seabury fell to the Bulldogs, 67-47 in McLouth.

McLouth’s Isaac Gardner scored 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting to lead the Bulldogs, who climbed back to .500 at 3-3 with the win.

Meanwhile, Seabury’s Aaron Landis led all Seahawks with 19 points, on a less-impressive 6-of-15 shooting.

As a team, Seabury shot 30 percent from the field, significantly lower than McLouth’s 47 percent.

“It’s not that their shots were better than ours,” Heckman said, “they just hit theirs.”

Like the girls’ squad, the Seabury boys were sluggish out of the gate, scoring just six first-quarter points, and trailing 35-20 at halftime.

Landis and Grayson Dillon, Seabury’s top two scoring threats, both started out slow before finding their touch. Along with Landis’ night, Dillon finished with 13 points, hitting four of his last seven shots.

“Execution-wise, we did as well as we’re going to do,” Heckman said. “I was pleased overall.”

Both Seabury squads resume play at Topeka Heritage Christian on Jan. 6.