Piotrowicz' late basket lifts PW girls over Cheltenham
Defending PIAA Class AAAA girls' basketball champion Cheltenham has had an uncharacteristically rough start to the season and Plymouth Whitemarsh made it even rougher yesterday.
Defending PIAA Class AAAA girls' basketball champion
Cheltenham
has had an uncharacteristically rough start to the season and
Plymouth Whitemarsh
made it even rougher yesterday.
Megan Piotrowicz went in for a layup with 6.8 seconds left in the game and boosted the Colonials past the visiting Panthers, 46-45, in a Suburban One American Conference game.
Plymouth Whitemarsh (3-5, 2-2) rallied from a 32-27 deficit down the stretch to win the game. Piotrowicz paced the Colonials with 10 points, while Alana Brown scored 14 points for Cheltenham (2-4, 1-3).
KSA Classic Tournament.
At Disney World's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., Cecily Scavicchio picked up 18 points and notched the 1,000th point of her career as
Garnet Valley
downed
Elsinore (Calif.)
, 48-27.
Scavicchio finished the game with 1,012 points.
Also at Disney,
Prep Charter
jumped on
Harborfields (N.Y.)
in the first quarter, 18-8, and earned a 53-28 victory.
Lashay Banks scored 18 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Wolves.
Ches-Mont.
Isabel Scott collected 12 points and helped Downingtown West beat host West Chester East, 37-22.
Nonleague.
Nina Voith exploded for 20 points including nine points in the third quarter and sparked Germantown Friends to a 48-41 win over visiting Agnes Irwin.
Boys' Basketball
Martise Dixon scored half of his 12 points down the stretch and helped
Martin Luther King
hold off host
Germantown
, 65-63, in a Public League game.
Gratz
came back from a stunning loss to
Roxborough
on Tuesday to beat host
Bok
, 58-51.
The Bulldogs got 11 points from Alibaba Odd.
Theo West continued his streak of double-doubles in every game this season and led
Kensington
past visiting
Fels
, 63-55.
West scored 14 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for the Tigers.
Nonleague.
Brendan McNulty scored 10 points and led
Malvern Prep
past visiting
St. Joseph's Prep
, 47-45.
Allen Dempster collected 13 points for
Philadelphia Academy Charter
and a shot with 1 second left by
MaST Charter
missed the mark in a 59-56 win by PAC.
Divaaldin Kelley and Samuel Starks each scored 12 points to boost
Mariana Bracetti
to a 45-40 win over host
New Media Charter
.