Bensalem Boys' Basketball Preview

BENSALEM BOYS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Coach:  Ron Morris (2^nd year)

Assistant coaches:  Mike Rongione, Nick Fossile, Donnie Reed

Last year’s record: 19-6 Overall 11-1 SOL, SOL National Champions, #4 District 1 Finish (Temple), 6A District 1 Tournament 1^st Round loss (Abraham Lincoln High School)

Notable losses:  Jeremiah Alexander (Bloomfield College), Blaise Unger, Justin Johnson

Key returners:

Aaron Sanders: 6’1 JR G (2^nd Team All League)

James Ashford IV: 6’3 SR G (1^st Team All League)

Luke Zeidler: 6’4” SR F

Others to watch:

Jake Delange: 6’2 JR F

Rahul Kohli: 6’1 SR G

Nikita Schaefer: 6‘0“ JR G

Jorge Lugo 6‘ 1“ SR F

Allen Myers: 6‘5“ JR F

Matt Ebner 5‘9‘ JR G

Eric Gonzalez 5‘6“ SO G

Jack Wineburg 6‘1“ SO F

Tra Edwards 6‘1“ JR G

Strengths: Quickness, athleticism 

Question Marks:  Limited amount of varsity experience returning.

Outlook:  “It has been an interesting offseason to say the least. We were fortunate enough to have much success on the court last year and got an extra month of practice preparing for the state tournament. We know that extra month is important for a program as we brought up some extra guys but didn’t realize how important that would ever be. We were still able to meet for workouts virtually in the spring thanks to zoom. We then worked out in the summer in the parking lot at BHS. In these times, we are all learning to get creative to help keep our guys focused on getting better. Our guys have been working extremely hard this offseason and are ready to start playing games. We had some very competitive practices thus far and will be ready to compete at the highest level. We will continue to grow as the season goes on to meet all of our team goals. We have a young deep team that is hungry and looking to continue to build on last year’s success. They are aware that last year is last year and are ready to overcome any challenges that come our way as we build on this year. We understand what it takes to sustain success. The guys have been and are willing to put in the proper amount of work to assure we play to the best of our ability every time we step on the floor. Overall, we have a certain brand of basketball that we like to play and Bensalem will be ready to play that once we get started.”