The Washington Demons kept up their strong play of late with a 71-54 victory over Keokuk Friday night in boys’ basketball. Washington jumped out to an 18-11 lead thanks to three three-pointers and 11 first-quarter points from Ethan Patterson. But the senior was just warming up, hitting another three triples on Senior Night and pouring in a game-high 31 points. Demons head coach Collin Stark told KCII Sports that the team’s defense also gave Keokuk fits.

“I thought we did a great job defensively of making it difficult,” Stark said. “Even through some foul trouble, we were still able to contest shots and make sure that we get our defensive rebounds to limit them to one [shot].”

Along with Patterson’s big scoring night, senior Aden Six scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half, and sophomore Logan McDole added 12 points. Washington wins for the fourth time in the last five games to improve to 11-8. The Demons will wrap up the regular season when they travel to face Solon this coming Thursday.