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Penn Live’s Top Basketball Team Ratings

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By John Tuscano

Pittsburgh City’s Allderdice keeps rolling along and remains No. 1 in this week’s PennLive Class 4A state basketball rankings after a lopsided win over Obama Academy and Saturday’s 69-52 win over St. Pius X (Ga.).

Coatesville picked up a pair of wins and moved up to No. 3 and replaces Plymouth-Whitemarsh, which suffered its first loss last Tuesday against Upper Merion. In addition, once-beaten Abington Heights out of District 2 enters the top 10, while Archbishop Wood drops out.

CLASS 4A

1. Allderdice (8) 14-1 Prev: 1

2. Roman Catholic (12) 13-4 Prev: 2

3. Coatesville (1) 15-1 Prev: 4

4. Plymouth-Whitemarsh (1) 16-1 Prev: 3

5. Parkland (11) 14-3 Prev: 5

6. Downingtown West (1) 17-1 Prev: 6

7. Reading (3) 14-3 Prev: 7

8. La Salle College (12) 14-3 Prev: 8

9. Ridley (1) 15-1 Preve: 10

10. Abington Heights (2) 15-1 Prev: HM

Honorable Mention

Latrobe (7) 16-0, Central York (3) 15-1, Strath Haven (1) 13-1, Spring Grove (3) 14-2, Harrisburg (3) 12-2, Central Bucks West (1) 15-3, Abington (1) 14-3, Cheltenham (1) 14-3, Pennridge (1) 14-3, Chartiers Valley (7) 12-3, Conestoga (1) 12-3, Hazleton (2) 12-3, Cedar Crest (3) 14-4, Penn Hills (7) 14-4, Emmaus (11) 13-4, McCaskey (3) 13-4,  Carlisle (3) 12-4, William Allen (11) 12-4, Penn-Trafford (7) 12-4 Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7), Lebanon (3) 13-5, Lower Merion (1) 13-5, 11-4, Pine-Richland (7) 11-4, Bethel Park (7) 12-5, Baldwin (7) 12-5, Hempfield (3) 12-6, Chester (1) 11-6, Gateway (7) 10-6, Peters Twp. (7) 10-6, York (3) 11-7, North Allegheny (7) 9-6, Pennsbury (7) 9-6, Arcbishop Wood (12) 9-6, CD East (3) 10-7, Nazareth (11) 10-7, Martin Luther King (12) 11-8.

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City of Basketball Love Playoff Watch

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Julian Wing (above) and RIdley are undefeated in their quest to repeat as Central champs. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

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By CoBL Staff

Can’t believe we are saying this, but the 2015-16 Pennsylvania high school basketball season is nearing the end of its regular season, with the beginning of district playoffs less than three weeks away.

This means the conference and league races around the area are heating up, as the contenders have separated themselves from the pack in the public and private school conferences.

Here’s Part 1 of a look around several of the area’s high school leagues with only a few games remaining on the schedule, beginning with the Catholic League, Central League and Ches-Mont League; Part 2, focused on the Inter-Ac, PAC-10 and Suburban One League, can be found here:

Central League
 After narrowly escaping an upset bid from Haverford High (3-8), Ridley remains untouched at 12-0 in Central League play. The Raiders have put themselves in prime position to repeat as league champions if they can stay on this roll for a few more weeks. They have four more Central League games left for the season. Not too far behind them are Strath Haven (11-2), followed by Conestoga (9-3) and Lower Merion (9-3) who’s the fourth seed after losing to the Pioneers on Friday.

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Browne, Neumann-Goretti leave Carroll in dust

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Archbishop Carroll's Ryan Daly, right, tries to drive to the basket past Neumann-Goretti's Rasheed Browne Friday in the Saints' 98-75 Catholic League win. (Times Staff/Robert J. Gurecki)

Archbishop Carroll’s Ryan Daly, right, tries to drive to the basket past Neumann-Goretti’s Rasheed Browne Friday in the Saints’ 98-75 Catholic League win. (Times Staff/Robert J. Gurecki)

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By Matthew De George

In the swirl of recruit-rating stars and blue-chippers that has defined Neumann-Goretti’s storied program for the last decade-plus, it’s easy for a senior guard with just two Division I offers to fly under the radar.

Friday afternoon, though, there was no underestimating Rasheed Browne.

Browne scored 20 points, including three second-half 3-pointers, to distance Neumann-Goretti from Archbishop Carroll in a 98-75 win.

On a Saints team with well-known weapons like Zane Martin, Quade Green and Vaughn Covington, opponents may overlook the shooting threat posed by Browne, more known for his defensive tenacity.

But on an afternoon where defense more or less went out the window and Browne was saddled with early foul trouble, he had to find other ways to contribute.

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Neumann-Goretti, Carroll in a 1-2 showdown

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Quade Green will lead Neumann-Goretti in the rematch of last year’s Class AAA state final. CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer

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By Rick O’Brien

A No. 1 vs. No. 2 boys’ basketball matchup is on tap in South Philly for the second time in less than three weeks. Weather permitting, that is.

In a Catholic League showdown that was moved up two hours because of the projected snowstorm, Archbishop Carroll, ranked No. 2 in Southeastern Pennsylvania by The Inquirer, and No. 1 Neumann-Goretti are set to meet at 5 p.m. Friday at 11th and Moore Streets.

On Jan. 6, Neumann-Goretti, then ranked No. 2, easily turned back then- No. 1 Roman Catholic, 85-68, before a standing-room-only home crowd in a gym that holds about 650 spectators.

As was the case when the Saints played Roman, no tickets will be sold at the door for a rematch of last year’s PIAA Class AAA state final, won by the Saints, 69-67, in Hershey.

Carroll is 15-1 overall and 7-0 in Catholic League action. The only blemish on the Patriots’ record is a 50-49 loss to St. Benedict’s (N.J.) in the Pete and Jameer Nelson Holiday Classic on Dec. 30 at Widener.

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Granberry’s buzzer-beater lifts Chichester past Penn Wood

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Da’Quan Granberry (shooting) finished off his 23-point outing with a buzzer-beater to down Penn Wood. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

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By Josh Verlin

In a tie game against Chichester with 17 seconds remaining, Penn Wood’s Clyde Jones called timeout. The Patriots’ head coach had just watched his team give up a 10-point lead in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter, but had an opportunity to draw up a final play to beat the Eagles.

Instead, he got a travel under the bucket with 3.2 seconds left on the clock. And then things got much worse.

Chichester’s Jamai Womack caught the ensuing inbounds pass on the right sideline, spun away from two defenders and found sophomore Da’Quan Granberry just outside the 3-point arc. Granberry took one dribble and put it up from 17 feet, just beating the final buzzer.

Down it went, giving the Eagles a 69-67 win.

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LM’s Horn, Fennell too much for Garnet Valley

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Lower Merion’s Jeremy Horn (above, last week) led Lower Merion with 24 points in a close win at Garnet Valley on Wednesday. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

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By Daniel Newhart

Garnet Valley head coach Michael Brown entered his team’s locker room at halftime, preparing to speak to his team that had already fallen behind by double digits to Central League opponent Lower Merion.

After a first half in which his team hurt itself with turnovers, missed shots and a lack of flow offensively, Brown could have chosen to fire his team up with a strong Bob Knight-esque pep talk. However, the message he sent the Jaguars at the half contained some good news.

“I told them the first half could not have been worse, the good news was we were only down 10 points to a good team,” Brown said. “We did things that were not characteristic of us; turned the ball over constantly, took poor shots, the first half was a disaster.”

An inspired effort ensued from Garnet Valley, however the Jaguars’ comeback effort ended up falling short as the Aces of Lower Merion took the game by a score of 64-58.

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