Regional play starts up tonight for the Washington girls’ basketball team when they make a trip to Oskaloosa for a class 4A first round matchup.
The Demons closed the regular season 2-18 and fell to Keokuk 42-22 on Friday to finish fifth in the Southeast Conference. Anna Nacos is the senior leader with 8.9 points a game and Alex Murphy handles the rebounding department with six a night. Oskaloosa is 7-14 and nabbed seventh in the Little Hawkeye Conference. The Indians are sputtering with just two wins in their last 12 games including a 87-33 loss to Grinnell last week. Presley Blommers leads them with 13 points a contest and Aubree Blanco adds 5.5 boards. These two teams met on January 16th with Oskaloosa winning 50-30.
Senior night festivities will take place in Washington today when the Demon basketball teams welcome Williamsburg for a non-conference doubleheader.
The Demon girls are 2-16 and last fell to a 14-win Clear Creek-Amana team on Saturday by a 44-28 score. Anna Nacos averages 9.9 points a night and the senior will try to jumpstart an offense that hasn’t recorded 50 points in a game since January 4th. Williamsburg is 8-10 and fell to Iowa City Liberty 51-40 over the weekend. Charlotte Wetjen makes 44% of her threes and records 13.9 points a contest. This is the first meeting between these two squads since 2014.
The second to last Southeast Conference game of the winter is tonight for the Washington basketball teams when they face off with Fort Madison for the second time this season.
The Washington girls will have their hands full with a Bloodhound squad that sits atop of the league with a 7-1 mark and 14-1 overall. The crimson and black have one of the top players in the conference in Malarie Ross, as the junior knocks down 44% of her threes and produces 21 points a game. The Demons are 2-14, 2-6 in the league, and seek a bounce back night after a 52-25 setback to Mid-Prairie on Monday. Anna Nacos registers 9.9 points a contest and Alex Murphy brings in 6.3 rebounds. These two squads met on December 22nd with the Bloodhounds capturing a 55-41 victory.
It’s a Washington County showdown in Wellman tonight when the Mid-Prairie basketball teams welcome Washington for a girl/boy doubleheader.
The girls’ game has ended in the Golden Hawks favor five of the last six seasons, but the Demons claimed victory last year with a 45-41 win. Mid-Prairie is 8-8 out of the River Valley Conference and Maddie Nonnenmann provides much of the offense with 13.4 points and 6.7 rebounds a night. The Golden Hawks look to get back in the win column after a 47-34 loss to Bellevue on Friday. The Demons are riding high after a 36-35 season sweep of Burlington to improve to 2-13 on the season. The offense is trying to find consistency with just 32 points a game and Anna Nacos accounts for 10 of those.
A pair of Washington basketball teams left the hardwood happy last night when they won tight games against Southeast Conference foe Burlington.
As heard on KCII, the Demon girls got out to a fast 11-4 start with transition points and attacking a leaky Grayhound defense. Burlington (0-12) settled in to make it an 18-13 game at half and they came out hot in the third to tie it up at 26-all after three. The fourth quarter had several lead changes, but free throws were the difference down the stretch with the Demons prevailing 36-35. Washington made 12 of 18 from the charity stripe compared to Burlington’s four of six. Anna Nacos led the way on the home court with 11 points and Alex Murphy managed a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.