Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Keyser Routs Northern, 83-55

Cumberland Times-News

KEYSER - Three Keyser Golden Tornado players recorded double-doubles Monday night as Keyser throttled Northern 83-55 at Keyser High School.

Preston Hartman, Jeremy Green and Wes Washington all had double-doubles as Keyser expanded on a two-point lead after the first quarter to lead 40-27 at the half, and 63-41 by the end of the third.

Washington dished out a remarkable 15 assists, grabbed three rebounds and swiped one steal to go with his 11 points. Hartman concluded the contest with 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Green totaled 18 points, 10 boards and three steals. Matt Wilmer made it four Tornadoes in double figures by posting a game-high 20 points.

Northern's Kory Gibson finished with a game-high 23 points and Jeff Smith finished with 13.

Keyser won the jayvee game 50-33. Wes Stallinbarger scored 23 points in the win, and Steven Holtschneider had 11 for Northern.

Keyser improves to 11-9 overall and is now 6-7 in the Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference. The Tornado plays a tripleheader at Fort Hill tonight beginning with the 4:15 freshmen game.

Northern (9-10, 4-7 AMAC) will play at Mountain Ridge on Friday.

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