The Washington Demon girls’ basketball team is seeking to free themselves from a funk as they prepare to host Keokuk in a Southeast Conference showdown you can hear tonight on KCII. The Washington girls will be looking to avoid a fourth straight loss, which included falling 47-28 at Keokuk just four days ago. As just one example of their struggles, senior forward Alex Murphy leads the Demons in scoring and rebounding but has seen her averages drop from 11 points and nine rebounds per game to under 10 points and nine boards. Washington head coach Shannon Rugg tells KCII Sports what must change from Friday night’s loss to the Chiefs for his team to avoid falling to 6-7.

“We were down 10-0 right out of the chute,” Rugg says. “They’re physical, and we didn’t handle that very well. We didn’t handle the ball very well and just turned it over too much to give ourselves a chance.”

Keokuk is 8-5 overall, but the defending-champion Chiefs are back in first place in the Southeast and have dominated their conference rivalry with Washington, winning 17 straight meetings. The Demons look to finally defeat the Chiefs, and you can hear all the action this evening on FM 106.1 KCII, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 7.