Mercury Boys Basketball Roundup (Feb. 24): Perkiomen Valley runs win streak to 7

Boys Basketball

Standings, Scoring Leaders

Perkiomen Valley 59, Phoenixville 55 >> The PAC Liberty first place Vikings ran their winning streak to seven by building a big lead through three quarters and getting 23 points from top scorer Tyler Lapetina in a PAC crossover win Wednesday.

PV went into the fourth quarter ahead 44-26 but the Phantoms made a late push that fell short.

Kameron Parks chipped in with another 16 for PV (6-1 PAC Liberty, 10-3).

Phoenixville (6-1 Frontier, 7-2) was fueled by PAC leading scorer Mike Memmo’s game-high 24 points and 15 from Will Allain.

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Boyertown 61, Upper Merion 56 >> Keyed by Tre Diguglielmo’s game-high 29 points, the Bears outlasted the Vikings in their PAC divisional crossover pairing Wednesday.

Boyertown led by a 49-38 margin after three quarters before seeing UM win the fourth, 18-12. Collin Bowman, scoring 19 points, headed a trio of double-figure Vikings that included Madison Tatom (17) and Kareem Abdussand (14).

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Spring-Ford 52, Upper Perkiomen 32 >> Zack Skrocki earned game scoring honors for the Rams Wednesday, heading their PAC divisional crossover victory over the Indians.

Skrocki collected 22 points to help SF open a 25-12 halftime lead, then put the game out of UP’s reach in a 16-6 fourth quarter.

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Methacton 48, Owen J. Roberts 32 >> The Warriors celebrated Senior Night Wednesday with a Liberty Division win over the Wildcats.

Methacton had a strong defensive effort led by Mike Merola, Ryan Baldwin and Brett Byrne. Cole Hargrove led all scorers with 17 points, Byrne had 10 and Ryan Baldwin chipped in with eight.

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