Dock banks on Nyagwegwe to our Delco Christian

By Mike Cabrey

With the clock running down and the season on the line, Miz Nyagwegwe found himself with one option left driving to the basket.

“I was looking pass at first and then the last second threw up the shot,” the Dock Mennonite junior said. “Hoped it went in.”

Nyagwegwe’s hope got help from the backboard, as his running floater in the final seconds banked in, capping the second-seeded Pioneers boys basketball team’s rally from eight down in the fourth quarter to edge visiting No. 3 Delco Christian 59-58 in the District 1-2A semifinals Friday night.

“Just unbelievable,” said Nyagwegwe of his shot. “It was just amazing.”

Nyagwegwe scored nine of his 17 points in the fourth while Deins Bergis posted 15 of his team-high 19 points in the second half as Dock clinched its first PIAA Tournament berth since 2008.

“We just kept battling and every they’d come down and make a play, we wouldn’t quit, we’d come back and make a play on the other end. It was like two heavyweights slugging it out,” Dock Mennonite coach Mike Fergus said. “And at the end Miz just made the play. We ran the play that we called and I don’t know how he made that shot.”

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