Senior point Tajuan Watson scored a game-high 19 points as No. 19 Annapolis defeated visiting Arundel 65-56 on Friday night.
Delonte Joyce got his second straight double-double, grabbing a team-high 12 rebounds to go along with 11 points. Domico James (13 points and 5 rebounds) and Colin Varn (12 points and 4 rebounds) also played well for the Panthers (17-3 overall, 11-3 Anne Arundel County).
Annapolis, which celebrated Senior Night, led by 11 points after the first quarter. The Panthers took a 33-24 advantage into halftime and won by the same nine point margin. The win exacts revenge on the Wildcats after Annapolis lost to them 58-57 in early January.
Tyler Washington scored 18 points to pace Arundel (15-5, 11-3). Billy Fowler and David Nicholson scored 15 and 11 respectively.
Annapolis will travel to No.16 Glen Burnie on Tuesday night at 5:00 p.m., while the Wildcats will tangle with first-place Old Mill Tuesday.
| No. 19 Annapolis 65, Arundel 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arundel: Washington 18, Fowler 15, Nicholson 11, Carroll 6, Long 4, Lewis-Cenales 2. Totals 19 14-18 56. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Annapolis: Watson 19, James 13, C. Varn 12, Joyce 11, D. Varn 4, Reid 4, Papaleonti 2.Totals 18 24-31 65. |
