Basketball Game Preview: Seaman Vikings vs. Shawnee Heights Thunderbirds

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02/11/25 - Home	68-66 W
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Seaman and Shawnee Heights are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but not for long. The Seaman Vikings will face off against the Shawnee Heights Thunderbirds at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

On Wednesday, Seaman was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 70-69 to Piper. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Pirates: they've now lost three in a row.

Meanwhile, Shawnee Heights had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Golden Bears 85-33. The Thunderbirds have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matchups by 24 points or more this season.

Shawnee Heights pushed their record up to 16-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.7 points over those games. As for Seaman, their loss dropped their record down to 13-6.

Seaman came out on top in a nail-biter against Shawnee Heights in their previous meeting on February 11th, sneaking past 68-66. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Shawnee Heights' Jaret Sanchez, who posted 39 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Seaman still be able to contain Sanchez? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.