Bishop Seabury Academy senior Mikey Wycoff (2) drives to the basket for a score during the Seahawks' game against Troy High School Thursday, Feb. 2, at Bishop Seabury High School.

Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball players have seen all of the rankings across the state. Never lacking for confidence, they feel that they deserve the top spot in Class 2A.

If Thursday night was any indication, there’s not many teams in the state — in any classification — who can slow them down when they are playing at their best.

Facing Troy High in a matchup featuring two teams ranked among the top five in 2A, the Seahawks turned an expected slugfest into a blowout with a 69-51 victory at Dillon Gymnasium.

“It wasn’t really a top-five matchup for us, it was just making a statement to Kansas,” senior guard Mikey Wycoff said. “Show them who we really are. We don’t get no love in 2A.”

From the start, the Seahawks were electric. They made 10 of their first 14 shots, motioning to their fans to yell louder after swishing 3-pointers.

They pulled away with a 9-0 run at the end of the first half, which included five points from Wycoff, for a 17-point lead. The Trojans (11-2, No. 5 in 2A) were never within double digits in the second half.

Senior Austin Gaumer said the Seahawks (13-2, No. 3) usually start out slow, but there was nothing slow about their play Thursday, flipping their defense into transition offense. During dead-ball situations, they looked annoyed that they were forced to stand still until the next inbounds play.

“It felt like we came out with a bunch of energy,” said Wycoff, who scored a game-high 29 points. “We knew what we had to do. We knew who we were facing. That’s what we’ve been working on all week in practice.”

Perhaps the best sign for the Seahawks was the emergence of The Other Guys. Seabury’s usual leading scorers Wycoff and point guard Zach McDermott, who was held to three points, picked up a lot of defensive attention.

Instead, Gaumer scored 12 points on four 3-pointers. Junior Bansi King scored 13 points and junior Thomas diZerega had nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds. King, known for his shooting, even played some of his best defense against Troy standout Cuttar Huss (17 points).

“Those guys are too good to just be ball movers,” Seabury coach Ashley Battles said. “Austin and Max (Easter) are great shooters. DiZerega is so good inside on the baseline. We finally got Bansi cooking in the past couple of weeks. It’s just important. Yeah, Mikey is great and Zach is really, really good. But so are the other guys.”

DiZerega added: “Everyone has their own role that they have to play for our team. Knowing that and executing it is what helps us win.”

In the second half, the Seahawks never eased off of the gas pedal. With some trash talk on the court between the two teams, they never wanted to let up.

Wycoff scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, driving to the rim and scoring on post-ups in the paint.

“I know a lot of the guys talked about trying to make a statement, we were trying to win a ballgame,” Battles said. “That’s it.”

TROY (51)

Brody Winder 4-7 0-0 9, Reid Greaser 1-6 2-4 4, Wyatt Huss 5-15 2-3 12, Wil Smith 4-7 1-1 9, Cuttar Huss 7-12 1-2 17, Tyler Franken 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 6-10 51.

SEABURY (69)

Mikey Wycoff 11-19 5-6 29, Zach McDermott 1-10 1-2 3, Thomas DiZerega 4-8 1-1 9, Bansi King 5-11 0-0 13, Austin Gaumer 4-7 0-0 12, Max Easter 1-4 0-0 3, Chris Green 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 7-9 69.

Troy 15 11 11 14 — 51

Seabury 27 14 17 11 — 69

Three-point goals: Troy 3-12 (C. Huss 2, Winder); Seabury 10-27 (Gaumer 4, King 3, Wycoff 2, Easter). Turnovers: Troy 14, Seabury 6.