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Play-By-Play Classic Standouts (Feb. 3)

02/04/2018, 1:15am EST
By CoBL Staff

Thomas Ford (above) was one of the standouts at Saturday's Play-By-Play Classics at Harriton on Saturday. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

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The final Scholastic Play-By-Play Classics event of the season took place on Sat., Feb. 3 at Harriton High School, with four games between area teams: Malvern Prep survived Bishop Shanahan (87-82), Archbishop Wood held off Lincoln (65-61), Westtown -- without Cam Reddish -- topped Timber Creek (N.J.) (71-57) and Plymouth-Whitemarsh outlasted Neumann-Goretti (66-57) to cap off the night.

Here are the staff’s picks for standouts:

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David Angelo (2018/Bishop Shanahan)
Shanahan’s senior point guard had a strong day on both ends of the court, finishing with 23 points, four steals, two rebounds and two assists, playing a big part in the Eagles’ comeback from 20 down to get two chances at game-tying buckets in the final minute. Angelo hit five 3-pointers while going 8-of-17 from the floor (5-11 3PT) and making both of his foul shots. He also came up with one of the biggest defensive plays of the game, a dive-on-the-ground steal with 30 seconds to play, giving Shanahan two good looks from 3, though neither dropped.  

TJ Berger (2020/Westtown)
Berger, a 6-foot-2 guard, was red hot to start in Westtown’s win against Timber Creek. In a tightly contested game to start, the sophomore knocked down his first four attempts from deep. He cooled down a bit, finishing with 15 points on four triples but as the game wore on his role changed. Berger became more of a distributor in the second half. He tallied five assists in the game, and as Westtown was building on its lead in the fourth quarter, he showed off his passing ability and court vision twice finding Jake Forrester in the lane for easy dunks.

Thomas Ford (2018/Bishop Shanahan)
Ford’s hoops days are winding down, as he’ll play lacrosse at Hofstra next year, and the 6-4 wing forward looks like he wants to get everything possible out of them. He led Shanahan with 27 points on Saturday despite not scoring in the first quarter; he had 11 in the second quarter, largely by attacking the bucket and getting to the foul line, something he kept up all game. Ford got to the line eight separate times, going 12-15 from the stripe and 8-11 from the floor, finishing off a massive double-double with 12 rebounds, and two steals to boot. Fords’ toughness and versatility is a big reason Shanahan is 16-3 this season.

Jalen Gaffney (2019/Westtown)
Gaffney is a 6-foot-3 guard with incredible bounce. He nearly through down a monster dunk in Westtown’s victory against Timber Creek, which would have been one of the highlight plays of the day. Gaffney led the Moose with 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting. He showed off his range with three 3-point shots, and also flaunted his finishing ability with several acrobatic finishes at the rim. Gaffney already has offers from Florida and St. John’s and has interest from several other high major schools. Saturday was a good display of the tools that intrigues those teams.

Alan Glover (2018/Plymouth Whitemarsh)
Glover’s efforts played a large role in the Colonials ability to outlast Neumann-Goretti on Saturday. The 6-foot-4 forward scrapped and clawed his way inside for 12 points. His first eight points came at the free throw line, but Glover made two field goals in the fourth quarter to help tidy up the victory. The undersized forward had a few impressive defensive plays, including a chase down block that saved a basket on the fastbreak. His hustled also showed on the offensive glass, where he seemed to grab every PW miss.

Dymir Montague (2018/ Neumann-Goretti)
Montague made his college decision early this week, when he commited to Holy Family. The 6-foot-3 guard gave a glimpse of why he’ll be continuing his basketball career after this season in the first half of Saturday’s loss to Plymouth Whitemarsh. Montague knocked down three triples in the first quarter and made his first five shots to finish with 13 points in the first half. Though he cooled off in the second half, totaling 18 points in the game, the lights out shooting in the first half was an incredible display to watch.

Shakeir Morrison (2018/ Lincoln)
The Lincoln Railsplitters found themselves down 12 halfway through the fourth quarter. Archbishop Wood had kept them at arm's length throughout the entire game. Lincoln turned to senior guard Shakeir Morrison to ignite a run. Morrison went 2-of-9 from the field for the first three quarters, scoring eight points. In the fourth quarter he went 3-of-4 scoring nine. He managed to drive to the hole and draw fouls throughout the game, going 7-of-10 from the charity stripe. He also grabbed six boards in the 65-61 loss.

Maurice Murray (2018/Timber Creek)
Murray came into the season with interest from several Division I schools. The 6-foot-6 wing is an athletic scorer with some range. He could have easily had two plays end up on Sportscenter on Saturday night. He hopped off two feet in the middle of the lane and cocked back a right handed dunk in the first half. His slam in the second was even better though, grabbing a putback with one hand and slamming it home as he jumped over a Westtown defender. Murray’s 16 points kept things close against Westtown, though ultimately Timber Creek did not have enough firepower outside him and Isaiah Sanders.

Tyree Pickron (2018/Archbishop Wood)
Pickron came out guns blazing right off the bat in Archbishop Wood’s matchup against Lincoln. He scored 10 of Archbishop Wood’s 16 in the first quarter including two tres. The 6-3 Quinnipiac commit ended up going 4 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to a 22 point performance in Wood’s 65-61 point victory. Pickron constantly crashed the glass and had five  boards to show for it, along with three assists.

Deuce Turner (2020/Malvern Prep)
There’s no doubt who was the star of stars on Saturday. That was pretty apparent when Turner came out of the gates and knocked down his first four 3-pointers before five minutes had gone off the clock in the opener, but he didn’t slow down in the slightly. Malvern’s 6-1 sophomore hit his first six 3-pointers and was 9-of-11 from deep overall, going for a career-high 48 points that also set a Malvern Prep scoring record, breaking a record that goes back to 1973. For the game, he finished 14-of-23 overall and 11-of-13 from the foul line, adding in six rebounds, a steal and block. Turner is proving to be one of the area’s best bucket-getters, and he’s only a sophomore.

Ahmin Williams (2018/ Plymouth Whitemarsh)
Other than the kid listed above him, Williams probably had the most impressive performance out of anyone at Saturday’s event. The 6-foot-2 senior guard plays with a passion and toughness that is hard for many opponents to handle. After scoring 11 points in the first half, Williams started the third quarter with three consecutive triples to put the Colonials out in front of Neumann-Goretti. He finished with a game-high 23 points, but was much more than a scorer. He was a vocal leader out on both ends of the court for Plymouth Whitemarsh as it improved to 20-0.

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Honorable Mention: Kevin Dodds (2018/Bishop Shanahan), Jake Forrester (2018/Westtown), Rahdir Hicks (2021/Malvern Prep), Ish Horn (2018/Plymouth Whitemarsh), Tygee Leach (2019/Malvern Prep), Aseem Lucky (2019/Lincoln), Ricky Martin (2018/Timber Creek), Seth Pinkney (2018/Archbishop Wood), Isaiah Sanders (2018/Timber Creek), Noah Warren (2018/Neumann-Goretti), Isaac White (2020/Malvern Prep)


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