Lower Merion’s Jack Forrest, right, lofts a 3-pointer over Chester’s Michael Smith in the Aces’ 67-59 District 1 Class 6A quarterfinal victory over Chester. Forrest made seven triples and finished with a game-high 31 points. (Pete Bannan/Digital First Media)
By Matthew DeGeorge
On the long walk from the Chester bench to its locker room, up a flight of stairs and around two corners far from the Kobe Bryant Gymnasium, the Clippers had plenty of time to ponder Friday night.
One was the gamesmanship at Lower Merion’s fortress of a gym, long trek included. There were calls Chester felt it didn’t get, including the image of Aces coach Gregg Downer sprinting out of his coaching box and into Keith Taylor’s to call a timeout on the eighth second of a would-be backcourt in the final minute.
But after watching the Aces exult en masse on the court after a 67-59 win in the District 1 Class 6A quarterfinals, the reality had time to crystallize for the Clippers. They simply didn’t make enough shots. And Lower Merion’s Jack Forrest simply didn’t miss enough.
Delco Times boy’s basketball reporter, Matt DeGeorge, was our halftime interview. His interview starts at 44:35 on our game archive below.
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“It was very upsetting,” Chester senior forward Rahmaad DeJarnette said. “We usually make those types of shots, and when it comes down to that, we have a lot of clutch players that make that shot. It just didn’t fall, so it was very upsetting.”
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