Seekonk Girls Basketball Team Loses to Somerset at Home

Seekonk picked its poison in its latest matchup with the Somerset Raiders on Monday. "I think Tayler Travis is by far their best player," said coach Steven Borger of his opponent in Monday's game.

The coach said that in the previous meeting, Travis was shooting from distances in excess of 20 feet from the basket, sinking many of her attempts. "We were just glad she was out of the paint," said Borger.

The coach wanted his team to try to keep Travis from being a factor in Monday's game, which they did. Travis scored 18 points, but her obvious physical size advantage over Seekonk's team would have allowed her to score much more.

The problem was that attention paid to Travis, primarily on the interior, left holes at the outsides. Julie Gastall filled some of those holes, stroking jumpers all night from the 15-20 foot range. Gastall ended up with 24 points, leading all scorers.

Heather Carlson led Seekonk with 11 points in the losing effort, draining two three pointers on the night. Amanda Cavallaro also hit a big three that gave Seekonk its last look at a potentially closable gap.

Seekonk eventually fell to the Raiders, leaving the Warriors winless on the year yet again. Borger insisted that the loss was not without positives. "If you saw us two weeks ago, some of us were making it up as we went along. That didn't go on here tonight," said Borger.

Now the Warriors look for a win in a brutal stretch of games, manufactured by weather and fate. "We have eight games in the next twelve days," said Borger. "I've never heard of that."