ARLINGTON — It hasn’t been an easy season for the Arlington boys basketball team, but seniors Donovan Sellgren and Drew Bryson are waiting for that “signature win.”

Sellgren led Arlington with 16 points and Bryson added 14 in a loss against Marysville-Pilchuck Jan. 26. A loss the team wasn’t pleased with as M-P already defeated them earlier in the season.

Sellgren was experiencing some jetlag from a football recruiting visit to Chadron State in Nebraska, which hindered his performance in the first half, he said. Arlington coach Nick Brown then had a talk with Sellgren.

“He said, me and Drew need to be there to push our team, and I got in my head that I need to carry this team,” Sellgren said. “We got out in the second half and played a lot better.”

The duo has led Arlington in scoring in many its past games, but Brown wishes that would spread to the rest of the inexperienced team.

Execution and team cohesion has been the problem for Arlington throughout the season, much ado to the lack of varsity experience, a problem Sellgren and Bryson are working to correct.

But even the experience between them is lacking.

“They’re very tight together, but they haven’t always known each other,” Brown said. “They haven’t spent a lot of youth together and now they’e making up for lost time.”

Brown appreciates the extra help in coaching.

“Donny and Drew have been able to pick up some of that slack that I have not been able to do,” Brown said. “They both understand the game so it’s nice to have them out there.”

The skill the two possess are unique and complimentary to each other.

“It helps a lot being the backcourt. Being together in the back court really helps us read each other and know where were each going to be,” Sellgren said.

Bryson plays guard, and Sellgren is the pointguard.

“It relieves a lot pressure on me because sometimes I’ll be getting double teamed, and Drew is right there, and he can get it and go, and it’s open for him,” Sellgren said. “And when I’m driving it’s a nice kick to him because I always know where he’s at.”

Bryson envies Sellgren’s ball handling and athleticism to get to the rim and Sellgren compliments Bryson’s ability to score.

“I put up points, but Drew just has that instinct that when he gets the ball, he knows how to score,” Sellgren said.

“I think that what one of us doesn’t bring to the table, the other one does,” Bryson said.

Sellgren came from Oak Harbor his sophomore year, and Bryson was one of his first friends. The two have had a lot of experience playing together “But a lot of these guys are from JV last year — so its been hard adjusting to the new team,” Bryson said.

“We’ve shown spurts on what we can do, but then we go back to making the same mistakes,” Bryson said.

The team has great shooters, so if they heat up something could happen, Bryson said.

The team is close, and they pretty much do everything together, going to Burger King after practice and playing other recreation sports.

“This is one of the closest groups I’ve ever been around,” Bryson said. “And it doesn’t really translate to the court.”

Sellgren is committed to play football at Chadron, but also plans to walk on for basketball.

Bryson has been getting letters but is more focused on summer AAU.

“They do a great job,” Brown said. “We have a huge learning curve right now.”