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By Ed Morlock
Pennridge had no answer for Lower Merion’s four corners offense.
The Aces spaced out the Rams defense and took advantage of matchups. The ball-handlers consistently beat their defenders and either finished at the rim, kicked to the three-point line or dropped a pass to a wide-open teammate under the basket.
Lower Merion used this approach for much of the game to help grab a 67-58 win over Pennridge in the District 1-6A third place game at Lower Merion High School’s Bryant Gymnasium.
“Their offense,” Pennridge coach Dean Behrens said, “that four corners they had they made a basket almost every time. We didn’t do a great job of handling that. That was a concern that I had.
“We had a difficult time staying in front of our man. We lunged at the ball too much. We still have that middle-school mentality that we can steal those passes — not at this level. This is new for most of our guys except for Jon Post and Sean Yoder. Everyone else this is brand new.”