Chichester’s Maz Sayed, seen in a game against Academy Park last season, scored nine points in the third quarter Monday to help lead the Eagles past Springfield. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)
By Matthew DeGeorge
Of the many roles that Eyan Thomas fills on the Chichester basketball team, the one he found himself occupying in the third quarter Monday afternoon is among his favorites.
Operating out of the high post, through which a surprising amount of the Eagles’ offense flows, the forward often has to merely prowl high-traffic areas, spy the guy guarding point guard Maz Sayed, set his screen and let Sayed go to work.
“It’s very easy (for me),” Thomas said. “All I’ve got to do is set the screen, he does what he has to do. If he misses it, I get the rebound, or he kicks it to our other teammates and they get it done.”
Sayed got it done Monday with nine points in the third quarter, a crucial individual effort to tip the Eagles toward a 53-46 nonleague win over Springfield.