The second playoff meeting in as many seasons between Washington-Marion and Edna Karr didn’t deliver the drama of the first, as the Charging Indians dominated the first half en route to an 80-52 win in a Class 4A regional round game.
The top-seeded Charging Indians (29-6) will host the winner of tonight’s No. 8 Tioga-No. 24 Assumption game in the quarterfinal round Friday.
In last season’s semifinal game, W-M needed a layup at the buzzer to down the Cougars. This time, W-M started the game with an 11-1 run and scored the final 11 points of the first half en route to a 40-14 halftime lead.
Karr (17-17) never got closer than 23 in the second half.
W-M head coach Albert Hartwell said he asked his team to show some urgency from the outset.
“I told them we had to come out like we wanted to win from the start, not give them a chance,” he said. “We all come out with the same momentum from the first round game (a win over Leesville) the other night. We are playing good ball. We are helping each other and communicating on defense. We are not letting people penetrate on us, we are cutting off the gaps and talking to each other.”
Cody Stansberry connected on a 3-pointer on the game’s first possession. Karr turned the ball over four times in it first eight possessions, scoring just once in that span, and Da’Vantre Vitor and Christian Edwards added three pointers as W-M built a double-digit lead within the first three minutes. Vitor finished with nine points in the quarter, making three of four attempts from long range.
Reserve guard Jaylin Walker sparked the second quarter run, scoring on a drive and making a fast-break layup after stealing the ball to start an 11-0 run which also featured four points by Vitor and another Edwards 3-pointer.
Vitor finished the game with a team-high 24 points and has scored 44 points in W=M’s two playoff games after missing time at the end of the regular season due to a hand injury.
“He makes a big difference because he is bigger than most guards, and he can shoot the ball,” Hartwell said. “He does a lot of things for us. He plays good defense for us, he is a long body.
Edwards added 14 points and Walker scored 12.
Marc Bowie led Karr with 15 and Quindell Johnson scored 14.
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