Going into Thursday night’s game against Bedford North Lawrence, Seymour coach Jason Longmeier said one of his biggest concerns was the Stars’ 1-2 punch of Chloe Spreen and Karsyn Norman.

“We’re not going to see a better duo than Spreen and Norman,” he said as Spreen scored 19 and Norman 16 to help the Stars to a 64-26 Hoosier Hills Conference win in the Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium.

“Norman is the one that flies under Spreen’s radar, but I’m not sure there is much difference between the two to be honest with you,” Longmeier said.

Spreen entered the game with a 17.1 point average and Norman came in at 14.7.

Longmeier said he felt like the Stars would be one of the best, if not the best team, his team would see during the regular season, and BNL opened an 8-0 lead before Grace Schrader hit a short jump shot at 3:20 left in the opening period.

The Owls missed their first five shots from the floor, and had four turnovers in falling behind early. They shot 1-for-10 in the first period and 2-for-10 in the second as the Stars led 13-3 after the first quarter and 32-11 at the half.

Brooke Trinkle made both of Seymour’s baskets in the second period and scored all 8 of their points. She was Seymour’s high scorer for the night with 9 points.

The Stars, ranked No. 3 in the state in Class 4A, forced the Owls into 11 turnovers in the first half and 9 more in the third period to improve to 4-0 in the HHC and 9-1 overall.

After Schrader drove for a layup at the 4:38 mark of the third period, the Stars went on a 15-0 run and a layup by Spreen gave the visitors a 49-13 lead at 2:05 of the period, and the remainder of the game was played with a running block.

Longmeier said he was concerned with BNL’s defensive pressure.

“It’s not what they do in the full court, it’s just how they get after you in the half-court. If you watch Norman on the ball defensively, she is so good with her hands and her feet,” he said. “She’s so quick that she just generates so many problems that she takes you out of what you want to do offensively.”

He said the Owls needed to make good passes soon after they received the ball.

“We’ve really got to run good motion with our cuts and our screening and get some things going that way,” he said.

The Owls finished with 22 turnovers to 6 for the Stars. Seymour finished with 9-for-40 shooting from the floor and the Stars made 27 of 54.

Seymour, 0-2 in the HHC and 5-4 overall, will host Madison on Saturday with the junior varsity game scheduled to start at noon.