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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