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SOL Freedom Division
Upper Moreland 52, Cheltenham 50
In a statement game for Upper Moreland, it made an emphatic one with a solid effort throughout and a thrilling two-point win over defending division champ Cheltenham.
“Cheltenham is always a good, talented group,” said UM coach Dan Heiland. “Pat (Fleury) does a great job over there coaching those guys. it just gives us a ton of confidence. It’s one of those things. A lot of people, when they see Upper Moreland/Cheltenham on the schedule – I’m going to be honest – they think that’s an automatic for Cheltenham.
“We just went into the game and said, ‘It’s going to be a battle. Anything you can do, 32 strong minutes of basketball. You believe in each other, believe in the system, play hard and play together, and good things will happen.’
“Our guys did a great job of buying into that. Our coaching staff, every timeout, every stoppage continued to get in their ears about trusting it, playing together and got them in the right spots, making big plays in big moments.
“It was a good win, gives them a ton of confidence moving forward, but I keep telling them, ‘It’s a great win, enjoy it, but we have to stay hungry, we can’t be satisfied with that because there’s a long way to go. If we sit back and relax, that’s when things happen that shouldn’t.’”
UM led for most of the first half, including 23-21 at the break, but Cheltenham broke out in the third quarter and led by four going into the fourth.
“We were up most of the game, especially in the first half early on,” Heiland said. “We had some guys in foul trouble early, and our second unit – Ralph Tyler, Jimmy Perce, Anthony Carson and Corey Ellison – gave us huge minutes to close out the first half. Anthony Carson came off the bench and hit a tough baseline jumper and then a big ‘3’ to put us up three going into the half.
“The third quarter – typical Cheltenham – they made a run and scored 20 points in that quarter to take the lead. I told the guys,’ The ups and downs. They’re going to make a run. We got to withstand it.’ We did for the most part, now it was our turn to return the favor and make our run and that’s what we did.”
The Golden Bears out-executed the Panthers late to pull out the win.
“It was tied with about a minute 40 left in the game,” Heiland said. “We tied the game up, and we got a huge stop on the defensive side. We came down, we were running some clock. Jon Clark took a nice jump stop pull-up on the baseline. It went in and out. We got the deflection off the rim and Nigel Adamson got it right up and banked it in for the go-ahead bucket with about 21 seconds left at that point.
“They brought it down (and) we had some fouls to give and took advantage of that. They took a shot, we got the ball. We had to run out the clock. We tried to give it away. I’m not going to lie. We made an errant pass, the play that could have gone either way. It didn’t get called, but our kids were resilient. We made big stops at key moments with under five seconds in the game.”
Adamson, a sophomore, played well on both ends for UM and finished with 13 points. Sean Murphy added 10.
Cheltenham was led by Josiah Hutson’s 14 points.
“I tip my hat to Upper Moreland,” Cheltenham coach Patrick Fleury said. “When they stormed the court after they won, I get it. They did what they needed to do to win.
“As the season goes on, I think that our youth will understand the importance of every possession and just taking every moment as an opportunity and pushing through. No matter what adversity they hit, they have to remember the purpose. Tonight is on me – I should have better prepared them. I’m proud of them, but tonight we just weren’t the same.”
Upper Moreland (7-1, 3-1 SOL) hosts New Hope-Solebury on Thursday.
Cheltenham (4-3, 3-1 SOL) will look to bounce back at home against Springfield on Thursday.
Cheltenham (50)
Josiah Hutson 6 1-2 14; Yakeen Respes 3 1-3 7; Kamani Healey 3 2-2 8; Kevin Addison-Anderson 3 4-5 10; Osie Johnson 0 1-2 1; Malik Hughes 2 0-1 4; Nile Tinsley 3 0-0 6. Totals 20 9-15 50
Upper Moreland (52)
Nigel Adamson 5 3-4 13; Alex Best 2 0-0 6; Jon Clark 3 0-1 6; Ralph Tyler 1 0-0 2; Anthony Carson 2 0-0 5; Sean Murphy 4 2-2 10; Colson Campbell 1 4-6 6; Corey Ellison 2 0-0 4; Totals 20 9-12 52.
Cheltenham 9 11 20 10 – 50
Upper Moreland 12 11 14 15 – 52
3-point goals: C-Hutson; UM-Best 2, Carson
Lower Moreland 49, Springfield Twp 45
After a slow first half, Lower Moreland was able to draw back even and eventually take the lead in the fourth quarter of this Freedom Division game.
“I think we were down 5 at the half,” said LM coach Seth Baron. “But we went eight deep, and they all had a little piece of it.
“So the first half was slow, both teams were feeling each other out, but in the second half, John Kroll scored nine or 10 points in the third quarter, and we played great team defense. Gabe Krutzinger was all over the place. He didn’t score a lot, but he had to have six or seven offensive rebounds.”
It was a big win for the Lions’ squad that scheduled tough at the beginning of the season and went through some growing pains.
“Our team, we’re trying to peak at the right time, and that’s at the end of January and into February,” Baron said. “We know better basketball is ahead of us. The kids are starting to buy in. Our senior leadership has been great with Ian Alicia and Tom Przybylowski. They’ve filled those roles.
Dylan McKenzie had 22 points and four rebounds to lead Springfield, while Aiden Hood added seven points, seven assists and three rebounds.
Lower Moreland (3-4, 2-2 SOL) is on the road Thursday night against William Tennent.
Springfield (3-3, 1-3 SOL) plays at Cheltenham.
William Tennent 80, New Hope-Solebury 40
Evan Devor finished with eight points, 10 rebounds and five assists, as Tennent blew this game open with a 27-9 second quarter and never looked back.
Up 39-20 at the half, this one was over early.
George Marion scored a team-high 21 for Tennent, while Kirby Mooney added 16.
New Hope was led by Rocco Massimino with 12 and Liam Ross with 10.
Tennent (4-2, 3-1 SOL) is back home Thursday against Lower Moreland.
New Hope (0-5, 0-4 SOL) will look for its first win Thursday at Upper Moreland.
New Hope (40)
John Wilson 2 0-2 5; Rocco Massimino 4 0-0 12; John Nettles 1 1-2 4; Matt Hanley 3 0-0 7; Liam Ross 5 0-2 10; Will Keddie 1 0-0 2.
Tennent (80)
Kirby Mooney 5 3-4 16; Isiah Dawson 2 0-0 5; George Marion 9 0-1 21; Chris D’Ambra 1 0-0 3; Imad Abunima 2 0-0 4; Tony Pople 1 0-0 2; Danny Scheller 1 2-2 5; Luke Torok 1 0-0 3; Tre Stracuzzi 2 0-0 5; Evan Devor 2 3-4 8; Tyler Laurin 2 4-4 8
New Hope-Solebury 11 9 10 10 – 40
William Tennent 12 27 22 19 – 80
3-point goals: NHS-Massimino 4, Wilson, Nettles, Hanley; WT-Mooney 3, Marion 3, Dawson, D’Ambra, Scheller, Torok, Stacuzzi, Devor
SOL Liberty Division
Wissahickon 50, Abington 44
Thanks to a huge fourth quarter on both ends of the floor, Wissahickon emerged from this one with the hard-earned win.
“This was much needed,” said Trojans coach Kyle Wilson. “We just haven’t been playing very good basketball, and no discredit to any of the teams that have beaten us. I’ve joked with people who ask how the team is doing. I said, ‘I feel like the Brooklyn Nets. You have talent, but we’re not winning games. How is that?’
“We know why we’re not. We’ve struggled up to this point to really play as a unit. You can have all the great individuals you want, but if you can’t play together … I think after the Quakertown game (a 64-49 loss Friday), everybody had to do a little self reflection and say ‘What am I not doing?’”
Wissahickon held Abington to just one field goal in the decisive fourth quarter.
“We were doing a three-quarter court press,” Wilson said. “They just really were struggling with the press. We seemed to be opportunistic. We had a couple of steals. Jaylon Williams had one and it might have been Andrew Slackman had another. We just got two or three steals, took the lead by two or four points, and for Abington that was struggling to put down some shots outside, that makes it so much tougher when you’re not hitting shots and now they’re down four.
“We were doing a really nice job of keeping them out of the paint where they’re so tough. Chuck (Grasty) has them so well coached, and they just know where to get good shots. Some of the shots weren’t falling for them, and it makes kids second guess themselves, and we were able to capitalize on some uncharacteristic mistakes by Abington.”
Wissahickon had to overcome poor free throw shooting – 7-for-13 in the fourth quarter – but Earl Stout had a big final quarter with all nine of his points.
Williams finished with 10 points to lead a balance scoring effort, while Stout and Dom Vacchiano had nine each, and Andrew Slackman finished with eight points.
“In our two games leading up to this one, we got out rebounded by almost double the amount of points,” Wilson said. “It’s not like we’re small. We go 6-7 at our starting center. Dom (Vacchiano) is 6-3 or 6-4. We have other kids with decent size and good athleticism.
“We said, ‘Guys, that’s just a lack of attention to detail, a lack of desire. Everybody wants to play offense, but defense means getting stops. We’ve been working the last week or so just on fundamentals – boxing out, closing out, not jumping at a shot but staying on the ground, and it was nice to see us put it together tonight.”
Jeremiah Lee, Josh Young and Kellen Ingram had 10 points to lead Abington with 10 points each. Ingram added 10 rebounds, while Young had six boards. The Galloping Ghosts shot just 35.7 percent (15-for-42) from the field and 13 percent (2-for-15) from 3-point range. They also committed 19 turnovers.
Wissahickon (2-4, 2-2 SOL) plays at first-place Plymouth Whitemarsh on Thursday.
Abington (2-4. 2-2 SOL) plays at Quakertown.
Wissahickon (50)
Will Kilpatrick 2 0-0 6; Jaylon Williams 3 4-8 10; Brayden Ryan 2 1-2 6; Owen Coughlin 1 1-1 3; Andrew Slackman 3 2-3 8; Dom Vacchiano 3 2-4 9; Earl Stout 2 4-6 9. Totals 16 14-24 50.
Abington (44)
Damon Rawls 12-2 4; Lathan Miller 2 0-0 6; Jeremiah Lee 5 0-0 10; Liam Rairdin 1 0-0 2; Josh Young 2 6-8 10; Paul Slants 1 0-0 2; Jack Darko 0 0-2 0; Kellen Ingram 4 4-6 10. Totals 15 12-18 44.
Wissahickon 5 16 8 21 – 50
Abington 12 11 9 12 – 44
3-point goals: W-Kilpatrick, Ryan, Vacchiano, Stout; A-Miller 2, Ingram
Hatboro-Horsham 46, Quakertown 45
Matt Wingen scored with three seconds remaining, as Hatboro-Horsham pulled out its biggest win of the season on Friday, knocking off Quakertown, snapping a 27-game losing streak that dates back to a win over the Panthers last December.
“Our kids played hard; they’ve been playing hard the whole time,” said H-H coach Rick Fedele. “But they’ve been carrying the weight of 27 straight losses too. They’re carrying that burden, but they’ve been playing hard defense and battling strong.”
Leading scorer Noah Sclosser was held to 10 points, but he did the job on the glass too, picking up nine rebounds, and went 3-for-4 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter.
Kyle Dittus had five 3-pointers and a team-high 17 for the game.
After Jake Grier hit two free throws to tie the game at 44 late, after a Quakertown miss, Dittus misfired on a 3-point attempt, but Schlosser was able to tip the rebound to Wingen, who made the game-winning bucket.
“I’m happy for the kids,” Fedele said. “It’s been tough. We started with a tough schedule, but we’ve also had plenty of injuries.”
Quakertown was led by Miles Longacre’s 18 points, and Ethan Tomlinson added 13.
H-H (1-7, 1-3 SOL) plays Upper Dublin at home Thursday.
Quakertown (2-5, 1-3 SOL) hosts Abington on Thursday.
Quakertown (45)
Miles Longacre 5 7-8 18; Sam Wilkin 1 2-2 5; Ethan Tomlinson 5 3-5 13; Kyle Rosenberger 3 2-2 9.
Hatboro-Horsham (46)
Jake Grier 2 1-3 5; Noah Schlosser 2 4-6 10; Kyle Dittus 5 0-2 17; Matt Wingen 2 0-0 4; Vaughn Craig 2 0-1 4; Ken Lutz 3 0-0 6.
Quakertown 11 9 14 11 – 45
Hatboro-Horsham 18 8 10 10 – 46
3-point goals: Q-Longacre, Wilkin, Rosenberger; HH-Schlosser 2, Dittus 5
Plymouth Whitemarsh 59, Upper Dublin 49
The Colonials trailed for much of this game, including by four points with three minutes remaining. But they found their stride late and were able to pull away from the Flying Cardinals in this game.
“I’ve been doing this for a while now, and you get a feel for games you don’t feel good about,” said PW coach Jim Donofrio. “And this one I didn’t feel good about just because of our guys – they don’t even know what they don’t know yet.
“They won with a big number on Friday night (73-21 over Hatboro-Horsham). They’re just really happy-go-lucky guys, and they’re kind of half listening at practice, and you can just feel it coming.
“These Suburban One League games – away at Upper Dublin, away at Wissahickon – they’re tricky. A lot of guys do a lot of interesting things in their strategies. Tonight, you’re talking about an Upper Dublin team that has kids from football that are championship thinkers, experienced guys and big guys. If you open a door to confidence, they’re going to take it.
“They switched everything on defense, and we’re hyper still. I kind of have to let them run like wild puppies and then just find my spots to say, ‘Okay, look…’ You’d rather win ugly than lose a game, and that’s an incredible compliment to what’s different about us this year than the past four or five years. They believe they’re going to win, and that may be the most important thing in the world.”
Chase Coleman hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 23 points. Jaden Colzie had 14 and Qudire Bennett added seven.
“(Chase) Coleman was great,” Donofrio said. “(Bennett) was frustrated, but Jaden Colzie was terrific with huge, huge ‘3s’ and a huge drive to the rim at the end. Chase just made shot after shot.
“You see this happen with teams at every level early in the year. Guys are game planning for you like crazy, and our guys don’t understand that yet. We’re a little naive to what that means. This is a great film for us to learn a lot of things. I think everybody is in the same boat. I think basketball is going to be a lot better in January going forward.”
PW (5-1, 4-0 SOL) hosts Wissahickon in its last game before Christmas on Thursday.
Upper Dublin (3-4, 2-2 SOL) hosts Hatboro-Horsham on Thursday.
Plymouth Whitemarsh (59)
Jaden Colzie 5 1-2 14; Jimmy Flowers 1 2-2 4; Chase Coleman 6 5-8 23; Qudire Bennett 2 4-6 9; Jah Sayles 0 2-2 2; Lincoln Sharpe 1 1-2 3; Rodney Willis 1 0-0 2.
Upper Dublin (49)
PW 5 24 15 15 – 59
Upper Dublin 19 9 9 10 – 49
3-point goals: PW-Colzie 3, Coleman 4, Bennett
SOL Patriot Division
Council Rock North 27, Neshaminy 26
Cole McCarthy took the pass from teammate Jack Blum with two seconds remaining on the clock and his team trailing by two. McCarthy squared up and drained a long 3-pointer as time expired to give CR North the upset victory.
“This is a big one for us to pull out,” said Indians assistant coach Tyler Sessa-Reeves. “We knew they’d come in ready to play. They’ve got players – three really good players coming back. (Emeer) Coombs is a good point guard, (Sean) Curley is the best shooter in the league and (Nate) Townsend is a great player. And we knocked them out of the playoffs last year. We knew they were coming to play.
“We just had to grind it out. Our shots didn’t fall today, but our defense played with effort and energy, and we tell the guys that all the time, ‘If you do that, you will be in a lot of games.’
“Cole got a shot that I’m sure he’s practiced a bunch of times for the win. Luckily for us, it went in this time.”
Neshaminy did not have a field goal in the fourth quarter, as the only points were from the line, where Coombs had 3 of 4 in the final quarter. Curley scored all eight of his points in the first half.
Coombs finished with 11 points.
CR North was led by Blum’s nine points.
“If you go back to anybody who ever played high school basketball, the first thing they’ll remember are the buzzer beaters, the big wins, the playoff wins,” Seesa-Reeves said. “Tonight, we played one of the best teams in the district, to be honest. Our guys were coming off a big win over South in our rivalry game last week.
“Stringing together that stuff gives a team momentum, it gives us a lot of confidence to be able to beat a team like that, a team that’s really, really good. I have confidence in our guys regardless if it’s a win or loss. But today showed them that they can compete with anybody.”
CR North (4-2, 3-1 SOL) has a 5:30 p.m. game at Pennsbury on Thursday.
Neshaminy (5-2, 3-1 SOL) will look to bounce back at home against Bensalem on Thursday.
Neshaminy (26)
Joey Zack 2 0-0 4; Emeer Coombs 3 3-4 11; Guy Horton 1 0-0 2; Sean Curley 3 0-0 8; Nate Townsend 0 1-8 1. Totals 9 4-12 26.
CR North (27)
Oliver Schaefer 2 0-1 5; Cole McCarthy 3 0-0 7; Micah Oxley 1 0-2 2; Adam Mahtat 1 2-2 4; Jack Blum 3 3-6 9. Totals 10 4-8 27
Neshaminy 8 8 7 3 – 26
CR North 6 9 4 8 – 27
3-point goals: N-Coombs 2, Curley 2; CRN-Schaefer, Blum, McCarthy
Pennsbury 47, Council Rock South 30
The Falcons won the fourth quarter, and did so in a big way, holding the visiting Golden Hawks to just one field goal and two points total in the fourth quarter.
Pennsbury, which outscored CR South 18-2 in the fourth, went 12-for-13 from the free throw line. Teddy Mangan went 6-for-6,
Ty Kocak led the Falcons with 15 points, while Danny Cohen was second on the team with nine points.
South was led by Matt Robinson’s 12 points.
Pennsbury (3-3, 2-2 SOL) hosts CR North on Thursday.
CR South (1-5, 1-3 SOL) is back home Thursday against Truman.
CR South (30)
Timmy Rahill 3 1-2 7; Matt Robinson 5 0-0 12; Jordan Getz 0 2-2 2; Cole Delp 1 1-1 3; Gabe Cerulli 2 0-0 4; Callum Kockott 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 4-5 30.
Pennsbury (47)
Teddy Mangan 0 6-6 6; Mike Roccograndi 1 0-0 3; Danny Cohen 4 0-1 9; Connor Taddei 3 0-0 8; Ty Kocak 5 4-5 15; Ryan Zuckerman 2 2-3 6. Totals 15 12-15 47.
CR South 12 7 9 2 – 30
Pennsbury 5 20 4 18 – 47
3-point goals: CRS-Robinson 2; P-Taddei 2, Kocak, Cohen, Roccograndi
Bensalem 62, Harry S. Truman 21
A 17-3 first quarter and a 26-0 second quarter put Bensalem well in command of this one, as it breezed to the 41-point win over visiting Truman in SOL Patriot play.
“We knew we were facing a rebuilding team in Truman, and we wanted to make sure we stayed focused,” said Bensalem coach Ron Morris. “We go one game at a time, and we didn’t want to get ahead of ourselves and think we could just show up and win.
“We started fast, played great defense, we were balanced scoring all the way through. It was a great team victory all the way around.”
Nate Cooper led the Owls with 10 points, while three players – Eric Gonzalez , Antonio Morris and Idris Salvadago had eight points each.
Truman was led by Khavier Adams with 12 points.
Bensalem (6-0, 4-0 SOL) looks to keep its top spot in the league standings when it plays at Neshaminy on Thursday.
Truman (1-5, 0-4 SOL) travels to CR South to play the Golden Hawks.
Harry S. Truman (21)
Khavier Adams 5 0-0 12; Ernest Jallah 0 0-2 0; Tre Winton 0 1-2 1; Adrian Jackson 2 0-0 4; Shawn Monroe 1 1-2 4; Totals 7 2-6 21.
Bensalem (62)
Eric Gonzalez 3 2-3 8; Noah Morris 1 1-1 3; Micah White 2 0-0 4; amir Drummond 2 3-4 7; Nate Cooper 4 2-5 10; Antonio Morris 3 2-4 8; Jack Wineburg 2 0-0 4; Idris Salvadago 4 0-0 8; Zach Lechtner 1 1-2 3; Jaidyn Moffitt 2 3-4 7; Totals 24 14-23 62.
Harry S Truman 3-0-8-10 21
Bensalem 17-26-7-12 62
3-point goals: HST – Khavier Adams 2, Shawn Monroe
SOL Colonial Division
Central Bucks East 49, Souderton 41
CB East shook off a slow start and pulled away from host Souderton late to post the eight-point victory and remain unbeaten in Colonial Division play.
Joey Giordano led all scorers for the Patriots with 13 points, while Kyle Berndt had nine points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals, and Dhruv Mukund finished with nine points and seven rebounds. As a team, East was 11-for-11 from the free throw line.
CB East (7-0, 4-0 SOL) hosts North Penn on Thursday.
Souderton takes (1-5, 1-3 SOL) on CB West on Thursday.
CB East (49)
Jacob Cummiskey 4, Tyler Dandrea 4, Dhruv Mukund 9, Kyle Berndt 9, Joey Giordano 13, Justin DiRoberto 6, Nolan Jacob 4
Souderton (41)
James Blair 11, Nathan Hemsing 6, Levi John 8, Aiden Maue 4, Nolan Watkins 5, Chanse Salone 5
CB East 10 10 15 14 – 49
Souderton 14 5 10 12 – 41
3-point goals: CBE-Berndt,Giordano;S-Hemsing 3, John 2, Watkins, Salone
Central Bucks South 62, North Penn 59
With a 23-point fourth quarter, CB South went on the road and knocked off previously unbeaten North Penn. It was the Titans second SOL Colonial wins in as many games.
“We focused, for us, on changing slightly how we’ve been running plays,” said South coach Louie Ditri. “Just to give a different look. I’ve been happy with the defense for the most part all year long, but our offense has been hit or miss, we changed the design a little, with more spacing – better spacing for guys like Tyler (Meinel) and our guards.
“And it worked for three quarters. We’ve yet to play a game where we’ve played well for all four quarters. We’ve been telling our guys, we’re 2-6, but we haven’t put it together for all four quarters.”
South led by a point at halftime, but the Knights exploded in the third quarter, led by Teddy McAllister and were able to build a 12-point, 49-37, lead going into the fourth quarter.
“They went on a nice run,” Ditri said. “(McAllister) had a great game for them. He shot the ball real well. It was a matter of us missing some shots and not getting back on defense. They really pushed the pace and that hurt us.”
South fell back into its zone defense in the fourth and was able to slow the pace down. Meinel scored eight points, including 4-for-4 from the line in the fourth while Chris Granito hit a pair of 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 18 points.
“Tyler did a good job passing out of the double team and finding the open man,” Ditri said. “We needed the next man to step up and hit shots for us, and Chris did that for us tonight.”
Meinel had 14 for the Titans, while Dalton VanZanten finished with 11 points.
McAllister led North Penn with 22, while Norm gee added 10.
CB South (2-6, 2-2 SOL) plays at Pennridge on Thursday.
North Penn (4-1, 3-1 SOL) will host CB East.
CB South (63)
Dylan Valentine 1 0-0 3; Flynn Carroll 3 2-4 8; Dalton VanZanten 5 1-1 11; Chris Granito 6 2-2 18; Owen Wheeler 2 1-1 5; Tyler Meinel 5 4-4 14; Sean Rieber 1 1-1 3. Totals 23 11-13 62
North Penn (59)
Mario Sgro 3 0-0 8; Norm Gee 4 0-0 10; Teddy McAllister 7 5-6 22; Ryan Zeltt 4 1-2 9; Ryan Deininger 3 1-3 8; Corey Meade 0 2-2 2; Robbie Sukaly 0 0-2 0. Totals 21 9-15 59.
CB South 18 8 13 23 – 63
North Penn 15 10 24 10 – 59
3-point goals: CBS-Granito 4, Valentine;NP-McAllister 3, Gee 2, Sgro 2, Deininger
Central Bucks West 53, Pennridge 51 (OT)
It wasn’t easy, but hard-luck CB West finally got over the hurdle, winning for the first time this season thanks to a strong fourth quarter and overtime.
“We have been struggling,” said West coach Adam Sherman. “We were able to find a way to will ourselves a win.
“We were up in the first quarter. The second quarter we really didn’t play too well and were down three at the half. We started slow in the third and were buried a little bit, but we fought back in the end and were able to find a way to tie it up.
“In overtime, Bowen Gugger hit two free throws with six seconds left to give us the win.”
Matt Engle scored 10 of his 12 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, while Julian Phillips had four 3-pointers, including a key one in OT, finishing with a team-high 14 points.
Pennridge struggled at the free throw line, going 4-for-8 in the fourth quarter and 8-for-15 for the game. Matt Campione had 13 points for the Rams.
“We’re still having that one stinker quarter,” Sherman said. “We haven’t played consistently on the offensive end. The defense has been solid, but offensively we have dry spells. We’re still trying to figure things out.
“Julian Phillips played really well for us tonight. I thought Bowen Gugger did a good job defensively on Campione. He’s a pretty good scorer, and to hold him to 13 was big for us.”
CB West (1-6, 1-3 SOL) is back on the road Thursday at Souderton.
Pennridge (3-4, 1-3 SOL) is home against CB South on Thursday.
Pennridge (51)
Caden Fisher 2 0-1 5; Jake Buesing 4 0-0 10; Gannon Perlini 1 0-0 3; Matt Campione 4 5-6 13; Xavier Peters 2 3-5 8; Tommy Cramer 5 0-3 10; Ryan Hass 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 8-15 51.
CB West (53)
Charlie Cashman 1 0-0 3; Mike Fountain 4 1-1 10; Matt Engle 5 1-1 12; Bowen Gugger 2 3-4 7; Julian Phillips 5 0-0 14; Sam Jankowski 0 0-2 0; Jay Reed 0 1-2 1; Jackson Wisniowski 2 0-0 6. Totals 24 6-10 53.
Pennridge 9 14 9 11 8 – 51
CB West 16 4 12 11 10 – 53
3-point goals: P-Buesing 2, Perlini, Fisher, Peters; CBW-Phillips 4, Cashman, Fountain, Engle
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