Penn Wood boys basketball powers past Pennsbury in District 1 playoff

By Steve Sherman

Together, Penn Wood seniors Javon Lindsey-Terrell and Sharif Goff accounted for just three points in the first quarter of the Patriots’ District 1 Class 6A second-round matchup against Pennsbury.

The duo finished with 33, however, as visiting No. 11 seed Penn Wood upset the sixth-seeded Falcons, 71-55, to advance to states and a D-1 quarterfinal Friday night at No. 3 seed Abington, a 41-32 winner over 19th-seeded Norristown.

“We identified three shooters that they have – solid shooters – 15 (Jay Fitzgerald, 5 (Lindsey-Terrell) and 30 (Goff),” explained Pennsbury head coach Bill Coleman. “And it seemed that our guys just missed the rotation on it.”

With his team’s second consecutive loss in a District 1 opener – the Falcons also dropped a first-round game last year to CB East – the coach was in no mood for excuses.

“They just outplayed us tonight, overall,” added Coleman. “No matter what defense we played, no matter what offense we ran, they just outplayed us.”

After taking a 35-27 lead into the locker room, Penn Wood expanded its lead to 19 by the end of the third quarter, outscoring the home team 27-8 in the frame.

PW senior Pernell Ghee got an early putback basket and a reverse layup to put the Patriots up 39-29 less than three minutes into the second half. Later on in the third period, classmate Kairi Jones hit a 3-point play and Goff canned back-to-back 3-point jumpers, expanding the visitors’ edge to 50-33.

Pennsbury never drew within single digits again.

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