By Mike Cabrey
Demetrius Lilley and Lower Merion made it apparent very quickly the Abington boys basketball team was not going to pull off a third straight upset in the District 1-6A tournament.
The No. 23 seed Galloping Ghosts had few answers for slowing down Lilley in the first quarter, the 6-foot-9 senior racking up 10 points inside before connecting on a three to give the No. 2 Aces a 22-8 lead at end of the quarterfinal contest’s opening eight minutes.
“We came out knowing that we had to play hard,” Lilley said. “Knowing Abington was a great team so we had to come out, no slacking. Just come out and play our best.”
Lower Merion just kept rolling, taking a 30-point advantage into halftime and cruised to a 60-28 victory Friday night at Kobe Bryant Gymnasium.
“It just was rough,” Ghosts senior Derrius Lucas said. “Seeing our guys, even me, probably not as aggressive as I could of been but our shots weren’t really falling as much early. Just hard to get going.”