Sam Wright (above) had 15 points as Lower Merion beat Radnor on Friday night. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)
By Josh Verlin
Sam Wright didn’t think twice.
The Lower Merion junior raced ahead of the press break, got to his spot in the corner, Justin Poles delivering the pass right to his waiting hands. Time and situation — holding a six-point lead at Radnor with three minutes left, every possession vital in a rivalry battle at the top of the Central League — melted away.
Sam Wright being interviewed after the Lower Merion’s win. Sam’s interview begins at the 1:27 mark in the archive below. Photo by Delcohoops.com
All Wright saw was the rim, and all he thought was ‘shoot it.’
“I was open, catch and shoot, it felt really good,” he said. “I knew it was going to go down.”
“We call it The Dagger,” LM coach Gregg Downer said with a laugh. “There’s a little bit of risk-reward with that, but we’re confident and he’s a really good shooter. He’s got the green light most of the time.”
Wright’s shot, his biggest in a 15-point outing, helped the Aces close strong in front of a packed house, holding off the Raptors in a 60-48 win.
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