The Washington Demons fell in both of their conference basketball clashes with Fort Madison Friday night. The Washington girls hung tough with the first-place team in the Southeast Conference, using an 8-0 run to take a 10-4 lead and holding a 12-11 advantage at halftime.

But Fort Madison summoned a 15-5 run to start the second half and build their biggest lead. Despite getting within a score with nine seconds left, the Demons suffered a 32-28 loss. Junior Adalyn Long led the scoring with 13 points as Washington drops to 2-2 in conference play and 3-7 overall.

The Demon boys were down 22-6 after a quarter of play and could never recover, seeing the Bloodhounds go up by 19 at halftime and build the lead to as large as 21 points in the second half of their 68-49 victory.

Senior Seth Shepherd came off the bench to score a team-high 13 points for Washington, which is now 3-1 in the Southeast Conference and 5-4 overall. Both Demon teams next play Monday against Tipton. You can catch Washington basketball on KCII Monday evening starting with pregame coverage at 5:30 on 106.1 FM.