Photos: Wilson boys cut down net after beating Evergreen in 3A West-Central district title

PUYALLUP — Senior Damani Green and freshman Cayden McDaniel combined for 41 points as Wilson built a late second quarter lead and held on to beat Evergreen

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | Feb 22, 2020

Photos: Wilson boys cut down net after beating Evergreen in 3A West-Central district title /

PUYALLUP — Senior Damani Green and freshman Cayden McDaniel combined for 41 points as Wilson built a late second quarter lead and held on to beat Evergreen (Vancouver) 81-66 in the 3A West-Central district tournament at Puyallup High School on Saturday afternoon.

Evergreen's Carter Monda hit five 3s and tallied 21 points and Mario Herring added 14.

Both teams have secured berths to next week's regional round of the 3A state tournament. Wilson (21-2) is No. 1 the WIAA's 3A RPI rankings, used to seed the state tournament. Evergreen is No. 5. Teams ranked in the RPI top-8 earn auto berths to the state tournament, and play winner-to-state quarterfinal regional round games.

Here are photos from the game:

(Photos by Andy Buhler / Scorebook Live)

Published Feb 22, 2020

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.