Haverford’s Emma Rowland, left, shoots during the first half of the Fords’ Central League game against Springfield Friday night. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)
By Matt Smith
Emma Rowland and the Haverford girls basketball team spent a lot of time practicing their foul shooting this week. The Fords have been inconsistent in that area this season.
“Two practices ago, all we did was practice our foul shots,” said Rowland, a senior guard. “If we missed, we ran.”
A trot around the gym seems like the appropriate penance for a missed freebie, especially a team intending to make a run at a Central League championship.
It had been a long while since Haverford (or anyone else, for that matter) had beaten the Cougars. Prior to Friday, they had won 25 consecutive Central League games dating to the start of the pandemic-shortened 2021 campaign.
The last time the Fords defeated the Cougars was Jan. 17, 2018.
“A long time,” Maddie Williams said.
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