Jake Manigault (above) and Abington outlasted Chester on Monday evening. (Photo: Mark Jordan/CoBL)
By Joseph Santoliquito
Jake Manigault had to find a way to cancel it out. Each second seemed to increase the volume that was throbbing through Widener’s Schwartz Athletic Center Monday night. Complicating matters more was Manigault, Abington’s 5-foot-11 senior guard, had to weave through the sticky web Chester’s press has put on opponents for decades.
As a sophomore and junior, Manigault had received sparse minutes off the bench. This time, his senior year, he wanted, no, demanded, the ball in his hands.
He literally put his head down and when the game reached its most crucial moments, it was Manigault who responded, scoring seven of his game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter, including three of the Ghosts’ final four points in Abington’s impressive 59-57 victory over Chester.