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By Neil Geoghegan
If the Great Valley boys want to make a late run and sneak into the District 1 Basketball Playoffs, it needs to play like it did in the fourth quarter on Monday, and not like it did in the first three.
The host Patriots held winless Interboro scoreless in the final eight minutes to impressively close out a 45-34 non-league triumph. But through three quarters, the Bucs actually had the lead.
“The first three quarters we started off slow, but in the fourth we started playing as a team, and we got it done,” said forward Jack Woodard, who played a major role in the finishing kick.
“It was (Great Valley’s) quarter,” added Interboro head coach Conrad Kirkaldy. “We took a lot of jump shots when we could have gotten to the rim for some layups or to the foul line. We are young and immature, and just couldn’t finish it. But they will get it.”