Boys: Talented Delco Christian goes cold from outside, bows out of states

By Matthew DeGeorge

There wasn’t much to be said Wednesday night as players filed solemnly out of the Delco Christian boys basketball locker room.

For a team that had won every tournament put before them this season, that had averaged 72.7 points per game in the regular season, a 3-for-24 shooting figure from 3-point range said enough. It was quite singularly the culprit for the Knights’ 59-52 loss to District 2 champion Old Forge in the second round of the PIAA Class 2A tournament.

“They hit shots,” point guard Khamai Orange summarized. “We didn’t hit shots.”

The “how” of it is a bit more complex. It’s why the District 1 and Bicentennial League champion Knights (26-3) saw a special season end at Bethlehem Liberty High, on a difficult evening on both ends of the court.

Orange encapsulated the frustration. He scored 31 points, a one-man offensive show. But he watched the final seconds of his high school career from the bench.

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