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UPDATE: In the PAIS semifinals, both Inter-Ac teams fell to Friends Schools League opponents. Friends Central edged GA, 54-49, and Westtown dispatched Notre Dame, 66-41.
The 6-foot-4 senior combo guard has been a key factor in the fast start (7-1 as of Dec. 14) of the Friends’ Central boys basketball team this season. He tallied 19 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and one blocked shot in a 68-65 win against Haverford School, and recorded 16 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots in a victory against Audenried.
The 6-foot-1 junior forward has been a key factor in the Phoenix girls basketball team’s fine early-season performance. In a win against Germantown Academy earlier this month, she pulled down 13 rebounds, blocked five shots and scored 15 points; in a victory against Academy of Notre Dame two days later she pulled down 14 rebounds and blocked three shots. For the season (as of Dec. 16) she is averaging 10 ppg, 8 rpg and 2 bpg. Last winter, she averaged nine rebounds and 9.6 points per game and received All-Main Line and All-Friends Schools League girls basketball honors.