WILLIAMSBURG ? Seabury Academy boys basketball coach Marcus Heckman figured it would take a little while for his team to find its groove after losing three key seniors from last year’s team.

He wasn’t satisfied with the Seahawks’ season-opening loss Thursday at the Williamsburg Tournament, but Friday’s clash with Burlingame had Heckman believing Seabury was finding its swagger.

The Seahawks lost, 57-42, but they started finding ways to score in the paint and beyond the three-point arc. They also created a few baskets with their defense.

“We played with a completely different level of intensity,” Heckman said. “We needed to make a statement about what we’re going to put into this season, and our guys made it tonight. Burlingame’s a good team, and we got of to a sluggish start, but we still played them tough.”

The Seahawks trimmed an 18-point lead to nine with five minutes to go, but didn’t get closer. Adam Davis led the Seahawks with 20 points and hit four three-pointers.

Burlingame boys 57, Seabury 42

Seabury 4 10 12 16 — 42

Burlingame 11 18 15 13 — 57

Seabury — Adam Davis 20, Grayson Dillon 13, Scott King 9.

Burlingame — Green 19, Fagan 14, Dodson 8, DeWitt 8, Tostado 8.

Burlingame girls 50, Seabury 16

Williamsburg — The fact that Burlingame used it’s full-court press for the entire game wasn’t necessarily what beat Seabury. It was lack of depth.

Two of Seabury’s players fell ill and couldn’t play, so the Seahawks (0-1) suited just nine players. Four of those players were freshmen on an already young squad.

“We had two upperclassmen with the flu, so that hurt us a little bit,” coach Eric Nelson said. “They definitely would’ve given us good minutes. That’s some quality playing time I could’ve used against a full-court press for a full game.”

Sophomore Lindsey Ahlen led Seabury with eight points, while junior Laura Frizell scored six, and sophomore Laura Hoffmann added two.

April Burgess led Burlingame (1-0) with 16 points. Complete stats were unavailable.

Topeka Cornerstone 57, Veritas Christian boys 47

Manhattan — Slow starts to the first and third quarters were too much for Veritas to overcome in their second game of the Flint Hills Tournament.

Veritas rallied from a 16-5 deficit and took a 26-25 lead into halftime. A 17-11 run by Cornerstone in the third quarter was the final straw.

“We need to do a better job of coming out to start the game and start the half,” said Veritas coach Doug Bennett. “We battled back, but we kind of dug ourselves a little hole.”

Topeka Cornerstone 57,

Veritas Christian 47

Topeka Cornerstone 16 9 17 13 — 57

Veritas Christian 5 21 10 11 — 47

Veritas — Kirk Long 18, Ben Dunbar 2, Matt Steinle 12, Andrew Bartlow 7, Mark Randtke 8.

Topeka — Chris Blysna 3, Jamie Taylor 4, Andrew Wiens 2, Dan Snyder 6, Riley Harrington 11, Sam Forman 5, Sam Loganville 1, Josh Mollenkamp 2, Josh Hilger 9, Bill Davenport 14.