Ridley’s Ameer Staggs reaches for the loose ball over Upper Darby’s Quadir Rice during Tuesday’s Central League game. Staggs hit the game-winning shot to send the Raiders to a 44-43 win over previously unbeaten Upper Darby. (Robert J. Gurecki)
The last of the unbeatens have fallen, and the Central League is as wide open as ever.
Ridley made sure of that Tuesday, delivering Upper Darby a 44-43 defeat, the first of the season for the Royals.
Ameer Staggs did the honors, hitting the game-winning lay-in with nine seconds remaining off a feed from Malcolm Strand-Young. Strand-Young, who finished with 10 points, then stole the ball to ice the victory.
Brett Foster led Ridley (9-2, 5-1 Central) with 15 points, 10 of them in the fourth quarter, a frame in which the Green Raiders outscored Upper Darby by a 16-7 margin.
Quadir Rice led Upper Darby with 10 points, while Demetrius Timmons chipped in nine.
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