It was a roller-coaster night Friday for fans of the Seabury Academy basketball teams when they faced Flint Hills Christian.

The girls took the first ride with the Warriors from Manhattan, but had fans in an early free-fall. They lost 37-33.

“If we would slow down, and let the game come to us and not just force everything, because we’re trying to force so much,” said Seabury coach Nick Taylor concerning his team’s 24 turnovers. “I think a lot of our turnovers come from speeding up and not taking control of the game.”

The Seahawks did make up for the turnovers by pulling down 39 rebounds, led by Melissa Burch’s 13 boards.

“We got the rebounds, we just couldn’t control the ball,” said Burch, whose nine points trailed Lindsey Ahlen’s 11 points for the team high. “We had the ball up and out where they could get it. … We were getting there, almost. We just didn’t get there the whole way.”

The boys, on the other hand, had fans’ stomachs on the verge of bursting throughout a 72-52 blowout.

It was quite an impressive finish for the boys, considering it took them five minutes to score their first field goal.

“Seventy-two points is a lot of points for us,” Seabury coach Marcus Heckman said. “Really, it’s just a culmination of a lot of work all year.”

The Seahawks’ go-to senior, Grayson Dillon, took over in the third quarter when the Warriors were attempting a run. He scored 11 of his 22 points in the third and pulled down half of his 12 rebounds, as well.

The boys also turned to Max Cannon in the third, as he took control of the offense once Adam Davis sat out following his fourth foul.

“When Max is playing like he’s capable of, we’re a different team,” Heckman said of Cannon, who finished with 19 points. “He’s so quick defensively, so quick pushing the ball offensively.”

But according to Dillon, Cannon’s performance wasn’t too surprising.

“He was just awesome,” Dillon said. “He’s usually a little bit shy sometimes, so it was fun to watch him actually play like he does in practice and pick-up games.”

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The highlight of the night came with two minutes remaining in the boys’ game, when the members of the junior varsity squad finished the Seahawk victory.

“I’ve been the coach here for nine years and for the vast, vast, vast majority of those nine years, I didn’t have the opportunity to do that,” Heckman said.

“So to be able to give them that opportunity … it’s just really the total package.”

“It was awesome, especially Robert Halloran,” said an elated Dillon. “His first varsity minute, and he got to score a point. It was just really cool to watch all that happen tonight.”