The Washington Demons dropped both of their home basketball battles with Grinnell last night. The Washington girls responded to a 20-14 halftime deficit with a 7-0 run to start the second half, and they would go back and forth with Grinnell down the stretch.

But a three-pointer by freshman Hope Dana with just over a minute to play put the Tigers up four, and they would fend off the Demons to win 34-31. Junior Adalyn Long scored 14 of her game-high 16 points in the second half to lead Washington, while senior Kendall Hinrichsen added seven points as the Demons fall to 1-2.

The Washington boys trailed 13-6 at the end of the first quarter and were down nine to Grinnell at halftime, but it was the 7-0 run by the Tigers to begin the third quarter that put them in control, and the closest the Demons got the deficit would be nine in the second half of a 61-43 loss.

Senior Logan McDole led Washington by scoring 11 points, while junior Drew Conrad and sophomore Nic Stone had 10 each as the Demons start the season 0-2. Both Washington teams will look to bounce back in their first Southeast Conference games of the season later this evening when they host Keokuk.

You can catch all the action when the Demons take on the Chiefs tonight on 106.1 FM KCII and streaming on KCIIradio.com and the KCII1 app, beginning with the Countdown to Tip-Off at 5:30.