SHORELINE
Edmonds-Woodway picked up its second straight road win in the Western Conference South Division, knocking off Shorewood 53-50 at the Shorewood gym, Friday, Jan. 9.
Senior guard/forward Jeff Wilson scored 18 points while senior guard Nick Sherrill added 14 in the victory.
“We’re getting better every game and that’s all you can ask for,” first-year Edmonds-Woodway coach Todd Rubin said.
Edmonds-Woodway lost eight seniors off last year’s team that finished seventh in Class 4A, and the Warriors were picked to finish ninth in the league in a preseason coaches poll. After wins at Kamiak Jan. 6 and at Shorewood, the Warriors (2-4 in the conference and 3-5 overall) have picked up momentum, while the Thunderbirds (1-6 in the Wesco South and 2-6 overall) lost a step.
“Hugely disappointing loss,” said Shorewood coach Marv Morris. “We lost this game throughout. We did not execute our half-court offense. We took a step backwards with our offense.”
After a close first half, Edmonds-Woodway led 29-27. But the Warriors started to break the game open going on a 13-2 run that started with five minutes left in the third quarter and lasted until early in the fourth.
“We knew they were going to come out strong and we just tried to match their intensity,” Wilson said. “Overall our rebounding was good in that quarter. We had a good feed to Andy Willcock in that quarter that gave us good momentum going into the fourth quarter.”
A 3-pointer from Joe Degrazia from the right side capped the run.
Shorewood’s Tomas Sanchez, who had a quiet first three quarters, tried to bring the T-birds’ back with 13 points in the final quarter, but the Warriors hung on thanks to a 3-pointer and three free throws from Wilson.
Wilson, Cannon Rupple and Alex Haggard took on the task of guarding Sanchez and kept him in check until the fourth quarter.
“Our main goal was to try to stop him,” Wilson said.
Sanchez still finished with a game-high 21 points.
“Tomas has been a rock for us,” Morris said. “He’s done everything to make his teammates better.”
Sherril served as an energizer bunny in the first half scoring 10 points to spark the Warriors’ offense. Several baskets came off offensive rebounds by Sherrill.
“Being in the right spot at the right time,” the 5-7 senior Sherrill said.
“Everyone pitches in on this team,” Sherill said. “We have people on the bench step up. Different people step on different nights.”
Edmonds-Woodway shot 39 percent, 21-for-54 from the field and 60 percent (6-of-10) from the foul line.
Shorewood shot better, 46.5 percent, but took 11 fewer shots, making 20-of-43 field goals. Edmonds-Woodway also made five 3-pointers to Shorewood’s three.
Shorewood made 7-of-11 free throws for 64 percent.
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