Roman Catholic’s Seth Lundy slam dunks against Lower Merion on the way to winning their PIAA Class 6A second-round game. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
By Tom Ignudo
Lynn Greer III stood at the corner of the court and chucked three-pointers during pregame warmups Wednesday night before Roman Catholic’s PIAA Class 6A basketball playoff against Lower Merion at Cardinal O’Hara High School.
Those warmups were the only action the junior point guard saw after being ruled ineligible for the state playoffs when his hardship waiver was rejected.
But the absence of Greer from the lineup didn’t change the game’s outcome for the Cahillites. Roman Catholic still came away with a dominant 74-55 victory over the Aces to advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday.
“We definitely miss [Greer] on the court,” said senior forward Seth Lundy, who scored 22 points. “But as Coach says, ‘Next man up.’ And the next guy in the rotation came up and played big minutes, so that’s what the next guy is doing off the bench, and they’re doing a good job at it.”
The next man up off the bench was freshman guard Justice Williams, who recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. He also had six assists.
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Williams scored 11 of his 13 points in the first half.
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