Lilli Taylor is a leader for the Gulls’ offense.

A hot-shooting Seaside team warmed up for the post-season with a 64-37 win over Knappa, in a nonleague girls basketball game Feb. 8 at Seaside.

The Lady Gulls were 28-for-55 from the field, including 5-of-19 from the 3-point line. The only place Seaside struggled was at the free throw line, where the Gulls fnished just 3-for-15.

“Take a win and run with it,” said Seaside coach Mike Hawes. “We were able to get out and run some, and Morgan (Blodgett) and Lilli (Taylor) were the primary beneficiaries, though (Emy) Kiser made some shots as well. Good to put some points on the board and have an opportunity to play a lot of the kids who often sit and root for the others.”

Taylor led all scorers with 20 points, to go with eight rebounds and four assists. Blodgett added six boards and three assists. Kiser scored 10 points for Seaside, which led 19-4 after one quarter.

Valiants 43, Gulls 40

Seaside rallied from a 17-6 deficit after one quarter and was seconds away from a win in regulation, but a pair of 3-pointers by Valley Catholic’s Katelyn Shook helped the visiting Valiants score an eventual 43-40 overtime win Feb. 5.

Shook drained a 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation to send the game to an extra period, then banked in a trey in overtime for the final margin of victory.

Seaside coach Mike Hawes called it, “an overtime agonizer.”

He added, “Valley jumped out early, and then something clicked (for the Gulls) in the second quarter. And from there it was tight the whole game.”

Emy Kiser and Lilli Taylor both scored nine points to lead Seaside, which went on a 15-6 run in the second quarter and trailed by just 23-21 at halftime.

“It was nice to see us produce, but we still missed a ton of one-footers, and settled for too many three’s,” Hawes said, referring to Seaside’s 2-for-22 effort from the 3-point line.

“But it was a fun, wild game and we got contributions from a lot of kids.”