By Matthew DeGeorge
Amaury Womack and his Penn Wood teammates knew the deal this week.
They knew that the three Del Val League games crowded into the final week of the regular season would determine whether or not the Patriots are a playoff team in 2024. They knew just as certainly that leading by six points Tuesday at halftime at Academy Park, after the Knights outscored them in the second quarter, wasn’t good enough.
So with Womack lending calm and confidence with the ball in his hands, things changed quickly.
The junior guard scored a game-high 17 points and more importantly orchestrated an offense that stagnated early with five assists as the Patriots passed the second of their three-prong test with a 70-49 victory.
“We’re focused on getting to the playoffs,” Womack said. “Playing hard every game, and we have to win every game.”
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