BURIEN When the Kennedy boys basketball team went cold, it survived thanks to the hustle play of Marques Moorman and Matt Swallow.
Moorman, a sophomore and the team's leading scorer, got 13 of his game-high 16 points in the first half and Swallow delivered key hustle plays off the bench as Kennedy withstood a second-half lull for a 50-40 Seamount League win over host Highline on Tuesday night.
Moorman, who played sparingly on varsity as a freshman, averages a team-high 17.
8 points for the Lancers (2-2 overall, 2-0 Seamount). Swallow did the dirty work, with eight points and 11 rebounds, and helped Kennedy through a scoreless stretch of 4 minutes, 39 seconds to open the second half.
"We've got to win ugly before we can win pretty, I guess," Kennedy coach Doug Strauss said.
"(Moorman) has a lot of talent. He's our money man. Our shots weren't falling tonight, however.
"I thought Matt Swallow played real well for us and gave us some second chances on misses."
Despite poor shooting, Kennedy built its biggest lead at 38-22 on Swallow's layin off an inbounds play with 2:14 left in the third.
The Pirates (1-3, 1-1) trailed 38-30 with 7:44 left in the fourth after two free throws by 6-foot-1 junior guard Nick Reynolds, who had a team-high 15 points.
But Highline failed to cut the margin further.
Antonio Gonzalez, a 6-3 sophomore, had 14 rebounds for JFK.
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