Bishop Seabury senior Mikey Wycoff (2) pulls up for a jump shot against Hanover on Thursday at Seabury.

Junior Zach McDermott dribbled to the lane and pulled up for a floater. It was one of the few shots he missed, but he was still able to tip it to the corner to his teammate, senior Mikey Wycoff, who drained a three-pointer. It was that sort of a night for McDermott. Even when he missed, just about everything he touched turned into points.

McDermott scored a game-high 28 points to lead the Bishop Seabury boys basketball team to a 77-57 victory in its season-opener against Hanover.

The win gave Bishop Seabury, ranked No. 2 in the preseason Class 2A poll, a win over the preseason No. 1 team in Class 1A-I.

“I was just real focused tonight,” McDermott said. “I wanted to get everyone involved. Some of the shots that were open just happened to be to me. If the next night it’s somebody else, they’re going to hit the shot.”

Seabury had to come from behind because Hanover senior Michael Jueneman scored 10 of his 19 points in the first quarter to give the Wildcats a 19-13 lead.

Seabury controlled the game from there, which coach Ashley Battles credited his team’s ability to contain Jueneman, the focal point of the scouting report.

In order to do so, the Seahawks played just about every defense imaginable. They played a 2-3, 1-3-1, 3-2, 2-1-2, and 1-1-3 zone in addition to man-to-man, where they switched every ball screen. Battles said his team is starting to play smarter.

“I think we really trust each other,” Battles said. “Bringing almost everybody back (from last season) has really helped with that.”

The Wildcats still hung around for the rest of the first half and were down just 38-33 at halftime after Wycoff threw down a vicious dunk as time expired in the second quarter.

“That’s what he can do, and that’s what his athleticism can do for our team,” McDermott said. “He gave us energy and momentum going into the next quarter.”

The Seahawks opened the third quarter on a 10-4 run and held a lead of at least nine points for the remainder of the game.

To start the fourth quarter, McDermott made a layup and nailed a deep three-pointer to spark a 9-0 run by the Seahawks to take a commanding 63-44 lead.

“There cannot be five better points guards in the state of Kansas than him,” Battles said. “He can do it all. He’s strong, he’s fast, he’s smart, his passing is off the charts, and he can shoot it. He’s extremely well rounded.”

Seabury will look for its second victory when it plays host to Maranatha Academy at 7:30 tonight.

Seabury Academy (77)

Mikey Wycoff 18, Zach McDermott 28, Cobe Green 1, Thomas diZerega 3, Max Easter 1, Bansi King 10, Austin Gaumer 5, Chris Green 2, Luke Hornberger 4.

Hanover (57)

Will Bruna 12, Adam Fritschi 3, Brennan Zabokrtsky 3, Daiken Stallbaumer 7, Kevin Diederich 1, Adam Zarybnicky 4, Michael Jueneman 19.

Bishop Seabury 13 25 16 23 — 77

Hanover 19 14 11 13 — 57