Bishop Seabury senior Mikey Wycoff looks for a lane to the basket during the Seahawks' 56-54 overtime loss to Shawnee Mission East Saturday in the third-place game of the Championship Showdown at SME. Wycoff led all scorers with 27 points.

Prairie Village ? Bishop Seabury Academy senior Mikey Wycoff wanted to prove Thursday through Saturday in the Championship Showdown at Shawnee Mission East that a Class 2A team like the Seahawks could battle with some of the best in 5A and 6A.

Wycoff thought the Seahawks (3-2, No. 2 in 2A) solidified themselves, but he still left the three-day tournament with an empty feeling after Seabury suffered a 56-54 overtime loss to SM East in the third-place game Saturday.

“I felt like we played really good knowing that we shouldn’t really be here as a 2A school, but I felt that we should have got that third-place game at least,” Wycoff said. “We played a really good St. James team (Friday), and I’ll give it to them. They beat us fair and square. But today, I just felt we should have got third place.”

Wycoff did just about everything in his power to keep the Seahawks neck and neck with the Lancers, as he poured in a game-high 27 points. The 6-foot-1 guard hit 10 of his 15 shots from the floor, but his final shot was one he would have liked to have back. With the game tied at 54-54 in the waning seconds of overtime, Wycoff drove to the bucket but was met at the rim by SM East’s Kelyn Bolton and Trevor Thompson. Bolton knocked the ball away, and Thompson tossed it to Jack Schoemann — who drove in for the go-ahead layup with 1.5 seconds remaining.

The Seahawks got a good look on a half-court shot from Zach McDermott that would have won it, but the ball bounced off the iron to secure the victory for the host Lancers.

McDermott scored six of his 13 points in the first quarter, but the Seahawks offense was stagnant in the second with the exception of Wycoff. The Seabury senior scored all 13 of the Seahawks’ points in the second quarter.

Although the Seahawks were sluggish on the offensive end in the first half, Wycoff was more discouraged with their effort on defense.

“All I know is that we came out the first half and we weren’t playing really good defense,” Wycoff said. “We went into the locker room at half, and coach (Ashley Battles) told us that we’ve got to pick up our defense, and that’s what we did. We picked up the defense, and we know our abilities. That’s what we showed were our best abilities, and that’s how we got back into the game.”

The Seahawks trailed, 30-25, at the break, but the increased intensity on defense helped create better offensive chances and helped Seabury make a game of it down the stretch.

Seabury found a third scoring option behind Wycoff and McDermott in junior Bansi King, who nailed two of his three three-pointers in the third quarter. King joined Wycoff and McDermott in double figures with 10. While Wycoff enjoys having the ball in his hands, he feels like the Seahawks are more potent when they put together a balanced scoring effort.

“When I’m scoring and doing what I need to do, other guys feed off me,” Wycoff said. “So it’s a lot of motivation for me to get to the basket and score.”

Wycoff made a pair of free throws to tie the game at 47-47 with 5:50 to play in regulation, and the Seahawks took their first lead since midway through the first quarter at 52-50 when King hit his third three-ball with 2:10 to go.

Connor Rieg answered with a bucket to tie it at 52-all with 1:15 to go, but the Thunder were able to stall and hold the ball for a chance at a game-winner. McDermott turned it over, though, with 3.6 seconds left to give the Lancers one last chance in regulation. Rieg nearly banked in a three from the top of the key, but it rimmed out to send the game to overtime.

Despite the nail-biting loss to the Lancers, Wycoff and McDermott were recognized for their efforts throughout the Championship Showdown with being named to the all-tournament team.

SM East (56)

Trevor Thompson 4-12 2-6 11, Kelyn Bolton 2-11 0-0 5, Stanley Morantz 0-3 0-0 0, Jack Schoemann 4-6 1-2 11, Conner Rieg 4-7 0-0 9, Liam George 6-7 4-4 16, Andy Maddox 1-5 2-2 4. Totals: 21-51 9-14 56.

Seabury (54)

Mikey Wycoff 10-15 5-6 27, Zach McDermott 5-15 2-6 13, Thomas diZerga 1-1 2-6 4, Max Easter 0-0 0-0 0, Bansi King 3-10 1-2 10, Chris Green 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 18-42 10-20 54.

SM East 17 13 13 9 4 — 56

Seabury 12 13 17 10 2 — 54

Three-point goals: SM East 5-19 (Schoemann 2, Rieg, Thompson, Bolton); Seabury 6-17 (King 3, Wycoff 2, McDermott 1) Turnovers: SM East 12, Seabury 8.