Wizards pull away from Spurs in 2nd half behind Merritt's 15

The now 2-0 wizards defeated the Spurs on Sunday 28-21. The wiz were led by Guard Tom Merritt, scoring a career high 15 points and tacked on 5 boards. Tom Merritt also had a career high 8 turnovers. He scored the first 8 points for the wizards. Guard Luke Denbo had a decent 7 points, to go with 3 assists. The wiz were extremely short handed. Forward Gabe Kirk was questionable before the game with an illness, played, but got hurt again in the mid first half. Forward Jessie Wray and Guard Patrick Henry each made layups in the fourth. Nick Bowers and Henry McCullers(2&3PPG) were inactive due to traveling during the extra long MLK weekend. Next week the wiz will square off against Alex Leicter and the Dragons(Team4). Tom Merritt leads the wiz in PPG with 10 and a half. Luke Denbo is second with 7.5.