Penn Wood’s Anthony Murray dribbles in traffic against Methacton during a District 1-6A second round game at Methacton on Tuesday night. (Owen McCue – MediaNews Group)
By Bob Grotz
The game was tied with a shade under a minute to go Tuesday when Anthony Murray drove the right side of the basket.
The Penn Wood guard couldn’t decide which move to use against the Haverford defense. Unfortunately, he was too far from the basket to try the Euro Step and much too elevated to slam on the brakes.
On this night the turnover wouldn’t be a problem because the Patriots got a stop and with 14.4 ticks left, Murray matched a go-ahead free throw by teammate Sahmir Massenburg to defeat the hard-charging Fords, 50-46, in the District 1 Class 6A playback round.
“I wanted to shoot but at the last moment I didn’t,” said Murray, who led the Patriots with a dozen points. “But I made up for it. One good play, one bad play.”
It was a lot of good plays for Murray and the Patriots (15-7), who have won back-to-back games in the playback round.