Penncrest’s Alex Bruce, center, looks through a double team of Springfield defenders in a game last season. (PETE BANNAN-DAILY TIMES)
Emily Huggins and the Penncrest girls basketball proved Saturday that they are for real.
Huggins scored six of her game-high 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Lions rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit and defeated Haverford, 44-38, in Central League action.
Haverford jumped out to an 8-0 lead and held an 18-10 advantage after one quarter, but host Penncrest stormed back to cut the deficit to two at halftime.
Alex Bruce and Sheldon Viau were relentless on defense, quieting Haverford’s best player Rian Dotsey (11 points), who was held to three points in the second half.
Bruce hit a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter and ended with 10 points. Viau scored all eight of her points in the third.
The Fords (9-2), the reigning league champs, entered the day in second place behind undefeated Conestoga (11-0). The Lions (8-2) have won five straight decisions.
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