Sun Valley’s Kaiden Robinson, seen in a recent game against West Chester Rustin, scored 23 points Saturday as the Vanguards routed Avon Grove. (Tom SIlknitter – For MediaNews Group)
By Matthew DeGeorge
The wins kept coming, but something was off the last couple of weeks for Penncrest boys basketball.
Despite staying near the top of the District 1 Class 5A rankings, they had hit an offensive rough patch. A game won in the 40s, a pair of games in the low 30s, even one where they couldn’t escape 29 – it didn’t seem like them, as can happen in a long season.
Saturday night, with Marple Newtown in the building, the Lions found their stride, thanks to a star playing a complementary role.
Will Stanton scored nine of his 16 points in overtime, and Penncrest got eight points and 17 rebounds from Mikey Mita in a 68-65 double-overtime win over Marple Newtown.
“This is more like us,” Stanton said. “Tonight was more like us than the past week has been. We kind of hit a rough stretch, but we’ve bounced back, and we’re over it.”
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