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The state’s newly-minted eighth-ranked Class 3A boys basketball team produced a pair of double-digit wins Saturday.
Washington, which broke into the Associated Press rankings after a runner-up finish at the Pekin Insurance Holiday Tournament, successfully began defense of its Moline Martin Luther King Classic title.
The Panthers defeated Machesney Park Harlem, 68-53, and Rochelle, 64-52, on the first day of the event at Wharton Field House.
In the opener against MPH, Alec Peters tallied a game-high 27 points.
Tucker Harlan, who, like Peters, hit a trio of 3-pointers, added 14 points and Chase Vogel netted 10.
Ben Ryan chipped in nine points for Washington, while Mason McCoy had six.
Justin VanWembeke led the Huskies, who are members of the Northern Illinois-10 Conference, with 15 points.
The Panthers held Rochelle to just 15 points combined in the second and third quarters to finish 2-0 on day one.
Ryan poured in 27 points this time for Washington (12-4). He was 8-of-11 from the free-throw line.
Peters had 10 points, Harlan and McCoy nine and Vogel eight in a well-rounded Panther offensive attack.
Matt Prusator paced the Hubs with 18 points. Rochelle is a Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference member.
Washington won for the seventh time in its last eight games. The lone defeat was to 4A No. 4 Plainfield East.
Tournament finale: The Panthers rounded out the MLK tournament with two games Monday — against Bartlett and host Moline.
Washington won both — 43-25 against Bartlett and 61-52 vs. the Maroons.
The state’s newly-minted eighth-ranked Class 3A boys basketball team produced a pair of double-digit wins Saturday.
Washington, which broke into the Associated Press rankings after a runner-up finish at the Pekin Insurance Holiday Tournament, successfully began defense of its Moline Martin Luther King Classic title.
The Panthers defeated Machesney Park Harlem, 68-53, and Rochelle, 64-52, on the first day of the event at Wharton Field House.
In the opener against MPH, Alec Peters tallied a game-high 27 points.
Tucker Harlan, who, like Peters, hit a trio of 3-pointers, added 14 points and Chase Vogel netted 10.
Ben Ryan chipped in nine points for Washington, while Mason McCoy had six.
Justin VanWembeke led the Huskies, who are members of the Northern Illinois-10 Conference, with 15 points.
The Panthers held Rochelle to just 15 points combined in the second and third quarters to finish 2-0 on day one.
Ryan poured in 27 points this time for Washington (12-4). He was 8-of-11 from the free-throw line.
Peters had 10 points, Harlan and McCoy nine and Vogel eight in a well-rounded Panther offensive attack.
Matt Prusator paced the Hubs with 18 points. Rochelle is a Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference member.
Washington won for the seventh time in its last eight games. The lone defeat was to 4A No. 4 Plainfield East.
Tournament finale: The Panthers rounded out the MLK tournament with two games Monday — against Bartlett and host Moline.
Washington won both — 43-25 against Bartlett and 61-52 vs. the Maroons.
