Woodton celebrates in style with career day for AP
Mahya Woodton was honored before Saturday’s Academy Park game for scoring her 1,000th career point in December. The senior certainly knows how to celebrate.
Woodton had a career game even by her lofty standards, pouring in 41 points to lead the Knights to a 65-57 nonleague girls basketball win over Upper Darby.
Woodton added 23 rebounds, eight steals, six assists and five blocks in a do-everything, dominant performance.
Riley Street and Taylor Flores added eight points apiece for AP.
Emma Blewett led Upper Darby with 22 points.
In other nonleague action: SACRED HEART 61, DELCO CHRISTIAN 25 » Kayleigh Doyle poured in a career-high 15 points to go with five steals and five assists, and Eileen Piombino supplied 21 points to lead the Lions (7-6) to victory. Kyra Quigley approached a doubledouble with nine points and 12 rebounds.
Shirley Piotrowski’s eight points paced DC. POTTSGROVE 52, SUN VALLEY 27 » Maddie Michael and Maya Jacyszyn scored seven points apiece in the road setback for the Vanguards. GREAT VALLEY 50, CHESTER 25 » Shaymoni DeShields scored seven points, Ceyrah Williams and Monique Colbert tallied six each and Colbert added 14 rebounds for the Clippers (3-6). W.C. HENDERSON 42, PENNCREST 30 » Grace Harding tallied a seasonhigh 21 points, but the Lions (7-7) couldn’t overcome a sluggish start that resulted in a 17-1 deficit after one quarter.
In the Central League: RADNOR 40, CONESTOGA 39 » The Radnor defense held the Pioneers without a point for 12 minutes to start the second half, then held on as Conestoga scored the game’s final seven points to edge out a huge home victory.
Ellie Mueller and Brienne Williams led the way with 12 points apiece, Williams supplying 10 of hers in the first half. Radnor (6-4, 4-3) pitched a shutout in the third quarter but scored in the frame.
Boys Basketball
just five points
Chester needed every bit of Michael Smith’s career-best outing Saturday.
Smith scored 31 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter and five in overtime, as Chester outlasted Bartram, 70-62.
Smith’s career-high helped spur a comeback via a 23-13 Chester edge in the fourth, going 6-for-6 from the line down the stretch. Brian Randolph, who registered a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds, hit a 3-pointer to open the extra session, then Smith was 5-for-6 from the line in OT to clinch the victory.
Zahmir Carroll, who scored six points, tied the game with 37.6 seconds left on a jumper for the Clippers (5-5), who have won four straight.
In other nonleague action: ACADEMY PARK 63, RUSTIN 57 » Kamrohn Roundtree picked a fine time for his best game of the season, pairing 25 points with 10 rebounds and three blocks in a meeting of two teams on the fringe of the District 1 Class 5A playoff picture.
Naseim Harley added 13 points and five assists, while Shermik Lofton also tallied a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds for AP (4-7), which has won two straight. SUN VALLEY 59, MARPLE NEWTOWN 42 » Vinny DeAngelo scored a game-high 20 points and the Vanguards’ defense held Marple to just 11 second-half points to claim a fifth straight win.
Marvin Freeman scored 12 points, Shair Brown-Morris contributed 11 and Isaac Kennon chipped in nine for Sun Valley (7-4).
Alden Mathes led Marple Newtown (5-7) with 12 points, and Mike May complemented him with eight. UPPER DARBY 62, SPRING-FORD 61 » Diby Keita hit a 3-pointer from the corner with four seconds left as Upper Darby, which had led for most of the first three and a half quarters, rallied late to win its fourth straight game.
Magd Abdelwahab showed his versatility by scoring 24 points with just two 3-pointers. Mamadou Toure added 14 points and Jalun Trent provided 13 for Upper Darby (10-3). Keita made just that one basket and had five points. PENNCREST 51, OXFORD 37 » Malcolm Williams provided 13 points, eight rebounds and shutdown defense as the Lions (12-1) bounced back from their first setback of the season with a win less than 24 hours later.
Tyler Norwood scored 13 points to go with five assists, and Matt Arbogast amassed 10 points and nine rebounds. CHURCH FARM 44, GLEN MILLS 40 » Tarik Bey and Daniel Thompson scored 13 points each, but the Battlin’ Bulls (3-5) let one get away by being outscored 21-10 in the fourth quarter.
In the Bicentennial League: PHIL-MONT CHRISTIAN 40, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 39 » Tehron Phillips scored 14 points and Sam Geathers added 10, but the Crusaders (49, 3-6) were outscored 20-7 over the middle two quarters in the setback.