Haverford’s John Seidman, here outracing an official during a game against Ridley earlier this season, scored 18 points Saturday to lead the Fords to a quarterfinal win over Radnor in the Central League playoffs. (Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group
By Bob Grotz
It was going to take a lot more than a bloody nose to keep John Seidman from getting to the basket and the free throw line Saturday in Haverford’s 39-35 Central League quarterfinal win over Radnor.
Seidman kept plugging away with a wad of tissue jammed in his nose courtesy of a bump while he was putting the finishing touches on an 18-point effort at Garnet Valley High.
“I honestly don’t know how it happened,” Seidman said of his gusher. “It was one of those things where I just noticed it was bleeding. My shot wasn’t falling so I kept going to the basket. That’s how I had to score.”
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On a day when Seidman couldn’t get any outside shots to fall, he drove into the lane to make several spinning layups. When he didn’t get them to fall it was frequently because he was bumped. Seidman made eight of 11 free throws. He drew roughly 15 fouls on the Raiders, fouling out one of his defenders in Colin Lane and saddling Josh Savadove with four fouls.
“I think he played an excellent game,” Chadwin said of Seidman. “He’s very tough. He uses his body really well and he’s a good passer. Give credit to them. They did a fantastic job of not letting us really get going offensively. And we didn’t really help ourselves by going 10-for-18 at the free throw line.”
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