It has been three weeks since the Washington Demon basketball teams played a varsity doubleheader in front of the hometown fans. Both Demon basketball programs will stay home tonight, hosting the Central Lee Hawks in a pair of non-conference tilts. January 5 marked the last time there was a varsity doubleheader in Washington.

The Demon girls’ basketball team (6-8 overall) is looking to return to the winning side of the ledger after dropping back to back road games last week versus the Muscatine Muskies (50-38) and the Fairfield Trojans (73-53). Senior McKayla Miller provided an offensive spark for the Demons last week, scoring 24 points last week. She entered last week scoring 21 points total in 11 games. The Hawks (13-3 overall) are 2-1 versus the Southeast Conference this season, defeating Mount Pleasant (57-52) and Fort Madison (45-43) and losing to the Keokuk Chiefs (66-51).

The Washington boys’ basketball team (4-10 overall) tries to avoid back-to-back losses after dropping a 58-54 contest versus the Fairfield Trojans (6-9 overall) Friday. The game featured 17 lead changes and was tied six times. Washington senior Derek Anding is averaging 25 points over the last three games, and has scored 20 or more points seven times this season. Central Lee (4-11 overall) have lost a pair of games to members of the Southeast Conference, falling to Mount Pleasant (66-29) and Fort Madison (70-50) by more than 20 points.

KCII Sports will have live play-by-play coverage at Washington High School beginning with the Washington Hy-Vee Pregame Show at 5:45 p.m. The girls’ game will tip off at 6:15 p.m. and the boys will follow.