Potomac Intermediate School Basketball

December 8, 1999 - In the first game of the season, the Potomac Intermediate School basketball team beat Sidwell 56-28 at the Sidwell Friend's gym.

This was Potomac's game all the way. The Panthers looked a little rusty, but for the first game they performed well. Potomac jumped out to a 16-9 first quarter lead and never looked back. Potomac extended their lead to 10 points at the half with the score 28-18. In the third quarter, the Panthers played a sufficating defense that only allowed Sidwell to score two points. At the end of three quarters, Potmac led by 24 points at 44-20. The fourth quarter was played pretty even as Potmac played less aggressive with the big lead.

Michael Fischer led the Panthers in scoring with 17 points, followed by Marcus Ginyard and Brent Locey with 8 points each. Chris McNerney added 6 points. Potomac had 16 steals and only 8 turnovers in the game. Fischer and Locey had 4 steals each followed by Ginyard and McNerney with 2 each.

Potomac's next game will be on Thursday, December 16th at the Heights School at 2:30pm. Go Panthers!

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