**********THIS GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH*********

 

The Washington High School gym will be rocking one final time tonight when the No. 3 Demon boys’ basketball team hosts Solon in a class 3A substate semifinal.

The scouting report doesn’t need much changing, as these teams met up seven days ago at the same place with Washington winning a tussle by a 41-34 score despite shooting just five of 22 from long range. Defense is what the physical Spartan bunch predicates themselves on just giving up 42 points a night. They are 14-9 and advanced to this round after a 42-32 win over Center Point Urbana on Monday. Solon averages 48.3 points offensively with Kinnick Pusteoska recording 8.4 of them. It’ll be a battle of contrasting styles with the Demons wanting to push the pace putting up 64 points an outing. They are 19-3 and dispatched South Tama 54-29 in the first round. Three players average double figures with Ethan Patterson at 16.6, Kasen Bailey 15.1, and Lucas Kroll 10.3 points a game. 

Two wins separate these squads from a state bid and the victor tonight will face either Central DeWitt (16-6) or Cedar Rapids Xavier (11-11) on Monday. Listen to all of the play-by-play action on FM 106.1 KCII with the pregame show starting at 6:30 p.m. and tip set for 7 p.m. at Washington High School. 

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