Haverford’s Tommy Wright fires a 3-point basket in a game against Penncrest last season. (PETE BANNAN – DAILY TIMES)
By Matthew DeGeorge
Tommy Wright didn’t know for sure where he’d fit in when the Haverford basketball season began. Graduations from last year’s states team left niches open, and Wright was ready to step into whichever the team needed.
In the process, Wright has advanced a trait that is as strong with the Fords’ program as any in the area: The ability to rotate players up into bigger roles year after year.
Wright is averaging 8.0 points per game. Last year, as an off-ball player who got most of his offense as a spot-up shooter or on the offensive glass, he averaged 6.0 ppg.
The Fords had to replace two of their leading scorers from last year, Nick Colucci and JR Newman. So Wright and Brian Wiener, who went from 6.4 ppg to 12.1 this season, have cycled up to bigger roles.
“Once you figure it out and we start getting better and better chemistry, it all starts clicking,” Wright said.